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Michael O'Kane

US charges CEO over hidden Russian ownership and sentences Iranian national for export breaches

28/09/2026 — The US Department of Justice has published details of enforcement action in 2 cases involving Russia and Iran. See our US enforcement pages for...
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Maya Lester KC

Ukraine sanctions 44 people who took part in elections in Russian-occupied Ukraine

28/09/2026 — Ukraine has passed a decree adding 44 people to its Russia sanctions list – press release. The sanctions target people involved in holding the...
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Michael O'Kane

EU sanctions people and entities responsible for preventing opposition party from participating in elections & for deporting Ukrainian children to Russia

28/09/2026 — The EU has added 20 people and 17 entities to its Russia human rights and targeted financial sanctions regimes over the exclusion of an...
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Maya Lester KC

EU General Court annuls Oleg Tkach’s September 2024 and 2025 relistings under Russia regs

28/09/2026 — The EU General Court has annulled former Russian senator Oleg Tkach’s September 2024 and 2025 EU sanctions relistings under Regulation (EU) 269/2014 – Tkach...
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Sanctions are imposed on Russia by the EU, UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand and others, following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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US Department of Justice
Michael O'Kane

US introduces visa restriction policy for people who promote ‘birth tourism to USA’

28/09/2026 — The US State Department has issued a new visa restriction policy, targeting people who knowingly engage in, have engaged in, or facilitate birth tourism...
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Maya Lester KC

UK House of Commons Library research briefings on Syria and North Korea sanctions

28/09/2026 — The UK House of Commons Library has published research briefings on UK sanctions on Syria and North Korea. All UK sanctions and export control...
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Michael O'Kane

Former bank CEO sentenced to 9 years imprisonment in US for conspiracy to breach sanctions

28/09/2026 — Former CEO of Nodus International Bank Tomás Niembro Concha has been sentenced to 112 months in prison by a US court, for conspiring to...
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Maya Lester KC

EU General Court rejects BelAZ and MAZ’s Belarus delisting applications

28/09/2026 — Two state-owned Belarusian companies have had their applications to annul their 2024 and 2025 listings under the EU’s Belarus sanctions regime rejected by the...

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