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Sanctions Guide – June 2024

June saw a renewed focus on Russia, with the EU adopting its 14th package of sanctions targeting the country.  The UK also announced a swath of new designations, while the US expanded the terms of…
Dom Dixey
July 10, 2024

Sanctions Guide – May 2021

Key sanctions developments this month include: OFAC introducing a new sanctions programme against Russia in response to its operations in the US, as well as the UK launching a new…

Sanctions Guide – April 2021

Key developments this month include the UK Government’s publishing of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, the continued stalling of the potential resumption of JCPOA talks,…

Sanctions Guide – March 2021

Key developments this month include new sanctions imposed by the UK and US in response to the coup in Myanmar, further EU measures against Russia following the sentencing of Alexei…

Sanctions Guide – January 2021

Key sanctions developments in January include the UK’s new autonomous sanctions regime, a raft of designations by the outgoing Trump administration, and a new sanctions policy strategy published by the EU…

Sanctions Guide – December 2020

Key sanctions developments in November include growing signs that the EU may sanction Turkey over a Mediterranean energy dispute; the US sanctioning of a senior Lebanese politician linked to Hezbollah;…

Sanctions Guide – November 2020

Key sanctions developments in October include EU moves against Russian officials implicated in the alleged poisoning of Alexei Navalny and a cyberattack on the German parliament; the tightening of US…

Sanctions Guide – October 2020

Key sanctions developments include the UK and Canada’s imposition of measures on Belarus following an allegedly rigged election and post-ballot violence; a row between the EU and Turkey over the…

Sanctions Guide – September 2020

Sanctions Guide – September 2020 Key sanctions developments this month include the UN Security Council’s defeat of a US bid to re-impose international sanctions against Iran, the sanctioning of Belarusian...