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Michael O'Kane

Japan export control consultation – responses by 3 October 2025

05/09/2025 — The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI) has launched a consultation on its amended export control legislation, which will come into force...
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Maya Lester KC

Spanish court upholds pre-trial detention in sanctions prosecution

05/09/2025 — An appeal court in Madrid has upheld a defendant’s pre-trial detention in a Russia sanctions prosecution. The defendant, a Georgian national, is said to...
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Michael O'Kane

EU sanctions 2 people for human rights abuses in Crimea

05/09/2025 — The EU has designated 2 people under its global human rights sanctions regime – press release: Vadim Bulgakov – head of the Directorate of...
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Maya Lester KC

UK sanctions perceptions survey – responses by 6 October 2025

05/09/2025 — The UK FCDO has launched a 2025 UK sanctions perception survey called ‘help improve UK sanctions’. Responses by 6 October 2025. The survey, conducted...
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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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Michael O'Kane

Intelligence Squared debate on 13 October 2025: do sanction work as a tool of foreign policy?

05/09/2025 — Please come to Intelligence Squared’s debate “Sanctions Don’t Work as a Tool of Foreign Policy”. 13 October, 7pm at Smith Square Hall, London. For...
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Maya Lester KC

3rd country alignment with EU sanctions

05/09/2025 — The European Union has made 4 statements on 3rd country alignment with the EU’s Russia sanctions: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North...
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Michael O'Kane

EU Advocate General Opinion on the role of national courts in looking into whether parties are sanctioned & interpreting the Article 11 “no claims” clause

05/09/2025 — Advocate General Norkus (the Lithuanian Advocate General on the European Court of Justice) has published his Opinion in Case C-480/24 Ģenerālprokuratūra v ‘Čiekuri-Shishki’ SIA...
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Maya Lester KC

US sanctions Al Haq & other Palestinian NGOs under ICC regime

05/09/2025 — The USA has designated Al Haq & 2 other NGOs based in Palestine under its International Criminal Court sanctions regime – press release. Our US...
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Michael O'Kane

Iceland amends terrorism regulations

04/09/2025 — Iceland has amended Regulation 448/2014, which implements UNSC resolutions and applies EU sanctions related to counter-terrorism. See our Iceland pages for more information and...
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Maya Lester KC

US makes narcotics designations and Magnitsky & Libya deletions

04/09/2025 — The US has designated 2 people & 1 entity, said to be involved in manufacturing and exporting opioids from China to the US. Counter-Narcotics...
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Michael O'Kane

Canada lowers Russia oil price cap in line with EU

04/09/2025 — Canada has announced it will lower its Russia oil price cap by amending the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations. The price cap has decreased...
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Maya Lester KC

OFAC settlement with Fracht FWO over US sanctions breaches

04/09/2025 — The US Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has published details of a USD 1,610,775 settlement with Fracht FWO over apparent violations of the...
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