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Our insights into sanctions issues have been published by a range of major publications including Forbes, the South China Morning Post and Business Insider.

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Sanctions Guide – December 2024

In December, the EU adopted its 15th package of sanctions targeting Russia targeting Russia’s shadow fleets and those aiding Russia’s military and technological advancements.  The EU’s 16th package, targeting Russia’s hybrid warfare, is rumoured to…
Oscar Gravell
February 3, 2025

Sanctions Guide – December 2022

This month has seen a continued focus both on Russia and Iran.  The UK has added a raft of new Russian political and military figures to its Russia list, meanwhile…

Sanctions Guide – November 2022

This month has seen the EU push forward with its latest wave of measures designed to further damage strategic sectors of the Russian economy.  While the G7 as a whole…

Sanctions Guide – October 2022

This month has seen the US, EU and UK all respond to Russia’s organisation of referenda in occupied Ukraine and formal annexation of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions with a…

Sanctions Guide – September 2022

This month has seen – for the first time since February – no substantive changes to the US, UK and EU sanctions programs, including to measures related to Russia’s invasion…

Sanctions Guide – August 2022

This month, changes to the main Western sanctions programs have focussed on efforts to shore up existing statutes in relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by closing loopholes and extending…

Sanctions Guide – July 2022

This month, changes to the main Western sanctions programs have continued to focus on targeting Russian trade flows, financial networks, senior Russian government and military figures, as well as their…

Sanctions Guide – June 2022

This month, changes to the main Western sanctions programs have continued to focus on undermining strategic sectors of the Russian economy via the imposition of trade restrictions, as well the…

Sanctions Guide – May 2022

Key developments in Western sanctions programmes over the past month have involved harsher measures targeting the Russian economy in response to its invasion of Ukraine.  These have included further trade…

Sanctions Guide – April 2022

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022, March has seen western powers continue to coordinate their wide-ranging response, designed to cripple the Russian economy via the targeting of…