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Sanctions Guide – December 2024

In December, the EU adopted its 15th package of sanctions targeting Russia targeting Russia’s shadow fleets and those aiding Russia’s military and technological advancements.  The EU’s 16th package, targeting Russia’s hybrid warfare, is rumoured to…
Oscar Gravell
February 3, 2025

Sanctions Guide – March 2021

Key developments this month include new sanctions imposed by the UK and US in response to the coup in Myanmar, further EU measures against Russia following the sentencing of Alexei…

Sanctions Guide – January 2021

Key sanctions developments in January include the UK’s new autonomous sanctions regime, a raft of designations by the outgoing Trump administration, and a new sanctions policy strategy published by the EU…

Sanctions Guide – December 2020

Key sanctions developments in November include growing signs that the EU may sanction Turkey over a Mediterranean energy dispute; the US sanctioning of a senior Lebanese politician linked to Hezbollah;…

Sanctions Guide – November 2020

Key sanctions developments in October include EU moves against Russian officials implicated in the alleged poisoning of Alexei Navalny and a cyberattack on the German parliament; the tightening of US…

Sanctions Guide – October 2020

Key sanctions developments include the UK and Canada’s imposition of measures on Belarus following an allegedly rigged election and post-ballot violence; a row between the EU and Turkey over the…

Sanctions Guide – September 2020

Sanctions Guide – September 2020 Key sanctions developments this month include the UN Security Council’s defeat of a US bid to re-impose international sanctions against Iran, the sanctioning of Belarusian...

Sanctions Guide – August 2020

Key sanctions developments in July include a number of US measures against China as tensions between them rise; Britain’s launch of an independent sanctions regime; the EU’s first use of…

Sanctions Guide – July 2020

Sanctions Guide – July 2020   Key sanctions developments in June include President Trump’s seeming U-turn over plans to sanctions Chinese officials implicated in human rights abuses; the US sanctioning...