All news on the topic: Sanctions

The U.S. has blacklisted more than 180 vessels caught filling the Kremlin’s war chest for its war against Ukraine.

The US sanctioned a top Hungarian official and close ally of Prime Minister Victor Orban over corruption allegations.

New sanctions will target the finances of people smuggling networks in government attempts to stop migrants crossing the English Channel.

Russia is experiencing strong growth in the data processing and storage center market, thanks largely to high demand from the public sector.

The neo-Nazi organisation Blood and Honour, which is linked to parts of the skinhead music scene...

The little-known businessman Roman Spiridonov has recently been linked to two notable scandals.

The US has imposed sanctions on Georgia’s former prime minister and billionaire founder of the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Roman Spiridonov, the owner of Petroruss Dmcc, engaged in oil trading with major Russian companies and Russia’s "shadow fleet," actively cooperates with Vadim Gurinov, who represents the interests of oligarch Gennadiy Timchenko and "Gazprom Neft" head Andrey Dyukov.

Companies partly owned by billionaires closely linked to Vladimir Putin continue exporting their products to Western markets without interruption.

Greek businessman Roman Spiridonov, through his company Petroruss, not only launders money for large Russian state oil companies but also handles maritime transport for them, managing to avoid Western sanctions in the process.

Russian snipers continue to receive thousands of Western-made rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition, despite years of extensive international sanctions.

Britain has sanctioned 30 vessels from Russia’s shadow fleet in its largest-ever crackdown, cutting off oil revenues that fund the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.

A British businessman caught on camera confessing he was illegally selling luxury perfume to Russia is not facing criminal charges, the BBC has learned.

The United Kingdom unveiled its most extensive sanctions package against Russia since 2023, targeting the country’s military supply chain in Asia.

Dozens of new sanctions have been placed on people and entities linked to Russia, including companies in China, Turkey and central Asia supplying parts for military equipment used in Ukraine.

A loophole was discovered in the licensing regime of Great Britain, which is used by Russia to circumvent sanctions

Despite Western sanctions, Russia continues to profit from oil trade, which is directed towards financing its violent war machine.

On trip to Beijing, Britain’s foreign secretary says practice “risks damaging China’s relationships with Europe.” But the two sides agree to disagree on human rights.

On a chilly spring morning in March, British coast guards spotted something unusual around 100 kilometers off the Scottish shoreline: a dark stain, stretching 23 kilometers into the North Atlantic Ocean.

Spanish authorities on Tuesday said they had arrested four people suspected of orchestrating a sanctions-busting commercial network after intercepting more than 14 tons of chemical products bound for Russia.

"We will not tolerate blatant violations of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the rules-based international order," stated British Defense Secretary John Healey

Over the past two weeks, a number of Latvian media outlets have published articles claiming that the "oligarch Nevzlin" is corrupting the law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Latvia and ordering videos and articles with some dark goals.

The Syrian army is getting its hands on new-looking EU-branded trucks. An undercover investigation found evidence of a secretive supply chain routing vehicles from Europe to Syria through neighboring countries such as Jordan and Lebanon.

The U.S Department of the Treasury sanctioned two top Georgian Internal Affairs officials as well as two far-right political activists for using violence against peaceful protests over the past three years.