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On 23 February 2024, the European Union (EU) adopted a 13th package of sanctions against Russia, imposing asset freezes on additional individuals and entities, expanding existing sectoral sanctions and further limiting...more
On 18 December 2023, the European Union adopted a 12th package of sanctions against Russia. The sanctions impose an asset freeze on more than 140 individuals and entities pursuant to Council Regulation (EU) 269/2014...more
EU’s 12th Sanctions Package - On 19 December 2023, the Council of the European Union (EU) together with the Commission published its 12th round of sanctions....more
The EU adopted its eleventh sanctions package against Russia on 23 June, 2023. A new anti-circumvention framework enables the EU to tackle sanctions evasion through third countries. The EU extends the scope of existing...more
The new sanctions focus particularly on preventing the circumvention of EU sanctions rules through the jurisdictions of third countries. The EU has published lists of dual-use goods and advanced technology items (so-called...more
On 16 December 2022, the European Union (EU) adopted a ninth package of sanctions against Russia. These impose an asset freeze on almost 200 additional individuals and entities pursuant to Council Regulation No. 269/20141...more
Recently, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken additional actions against Russia in response to its continued invasion of Ukraine. Specifically, OFAC: ..Issued guidance...more
Over the past few weeks, the US Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took additional actions in response to Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine: ..Removed Kazakh subsidiary of Alfa Bank,...more
The EU’s “maintenance and alignment” sanctions target additional Russian persons, enhance existing sanctions, and implement new prohibitions - including on the import of Russian gold. This Client Alert is published in the...more
The US continues to ramp up sanctions pressure on Russia, now emphasizing Russian efforts to evade US export controls and obligations of financial institutions to police Russian efforts at sanctions and export controls...more
New announcements and rules expand the scope of existing sanctions and export controls on Russia and Belarus. This Client Alert summarises the latest sanctions and trade restrictions that have been imposed, or are under...more
...Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces on February 24, the United States (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK), and the European Union (EU) have led a global sanctions campaign against Russia that has been...more
As Russia continues to escalate its military operations in Ukraine, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) unveiled details of new sanctions against Russia. This alert summarises the proposed restrictions....more
New rules significantly expand the scope of existing sanctions and export controls on Russia. This Client Alert is published in the context of ongoing developments and should be read in conjunction with the Latham &...more
EU introduces a fifth package of measures - New asset freezes - On 8 April 2022, the EU published a fifth round of measures against Russia and Belarus. Spread across four regulations, the new measures include additional...more
During the past week, the US continued to strengthen its sanctions against Russia as Russia continued its invasion of Ukraine. ..BIS issued a final rule clarifying which luxury goods are subject to the ban on exports to...more
On March 16, 2022, Switzerland extended the asset freeze and entry/transit restrictions to more than 200 Russian individuals and companies. It also adopted new sanctions against Belarus and reinforced the existing ones. These...more
The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-profit sectors from our daily reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia. ...more
BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW - In the last few weeks, the European Union has adopted measures to react to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These new sanctions are in addition to the restrictive measures already imposed by the...more
Western sanctions against Russia have continued to broaden substantially into new areas of trade, especially in the energy sector. Policymakers in Washington DC, Brussels, London and other allied capitals also continue to...more
On 9 March, the EU added various new financial restrictions in relation to Belarus, including a SWIFT ban on three Belarusian banks. In relation to Russia, the EU added trade restrictions on maritime navigation equipment and...more
The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-governmental sectors from our daily reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia. This week, we reviewed the recent...more
On 3 March 2022, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar on the developing sanctions against Russia and what it means for global markets and businesses. This article summarizes the key points and analysis from the event....more
On March 4, 2022, Switzerland significantly extended its sanctions against Russia, adopting various measures similar to the financial and trade restrictions recently imposed by the EU. The new sanctions add many asset...more
On 2 March 2022, the EU published a wide-ranging package of new sanctions against Belarus in response to its involvement in Ukraine. The existing restrictions on dual-use items, potash, tobacco-related and mineral products...more