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Maya Lester KC

UK adds 1 person and 1 entity to domestic counterterrorism sanctions list

04/12/2025 — The UK has added Gurpreet Singh Rehal and Babbar Akali Lehar to its counterterrorism sanctions list under the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019...
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EU Parliament
Michael O'Kane

EU reaches agreement to ban Russian gas imports to EU

04/12/2025 — The EU Council and the European Parliament have reached an agreement on a regulation to prohibit imports of Russian natural gas into the EU...
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Maya Lester KC

Australia designates 45 Russia-linked vessels

04/12/2025 — Australia has added 45 vessels to its Russia sanctions list in accordance with regulation 8 of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 – press release....
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Michael O'Kane

EU Economic Security Communication says sanctions & export control central to EU security framework & announces reforms

04/12/2025 — The European Commission and the High Representative issued a Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council titled “Strengthening EU Economic Security” (JOIN(2025)...
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In focusRussia sanctions

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.

Key Russia Sanctions Documents

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Maya Lester KC

UK sanctions Russia’s military intelligence unit after findings into 2018 Salisbury poisonings published

04/12/2025 — The UK has sanctioned the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence directorate, and 11 people under the UK’s Russia and cybersecurity sanctions regulations – press release....
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Michael O'Kane

Jersey amends sanctions order to implement UK sanctions automatically

04/12/2025 — Jersey has amended its Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021 (the sanctions order) so that prohibitions and obligations under all UK sanctions...
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Maya Lester KC

UK High Court enforces arbitral order preventing Russian proceedings designed to frustrate EU and UK sanctions

04/12/2025 — The UK High Court has enforced an order made by a London-seated arbitral tribunal requiring EuroChem NW2 to withdraw proceedings in Russia which were...
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Michael O'Kane

UK adds additional sanctions list formats

03/12/2025 — The UK has added additional CSV and Text formats of the UK sanctions list and has updated the link to the HTML format of...
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