Russian billionaire Gutsieriev seeks to lift EU sanctions
On May 13, the EU Court of Justice upheld the claim of Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev for the lifting of EU sanctions extended against him in February 2025. In the…
Russian army wanted to buy American satellite equipment
American satellite equipment for the Russian Ministry of Defense and four years for termination of the contract due to sanctions. One case in the Moscow Arbitration Court, which Sanctions Lists…
Estonian company was suspected of helping to circumvent sanctions
An Estonian company, whose owners have a business in Russia, was suspected of helping to circumvent sanctions. A scandal broke out in Estonia after it was published in the DV.ee…
OFSI fined a subsidiary of the American technology company Apple Inc
On 19 March 2026, the Office for the Implementation of Financial Sanctions ("OFSI"), part of Her Majesty's Treasury, imposed a fine on Apple Distribution International Limited (“ADI”), an entity incorporated…
Sanctions? Ammunition from the United States entered Russia
In the United States, Italian national Manfred Gruber pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate export control regulations. Gruber, using front companies, exported more than $540,000 worth of ammunition from the…
Starlink for the Russian military led to 11 years in prison
In Riga, the city court sent a man to prison for 11 years for being part of a group that sent Starlink Mini Kit satellite internet systems to Russia in…
EU Court rejected the appeals of Russian businessmen
On March 26, the European Court of Justice rejected the appeal (case C-696/23 P) of Russian businessman Dmitry Pumpyanskiy (former owner of the Trubnaya Metallurgical Company. TMK is an industrial…
A new way of circumventing EU sanctions discovered
In Lithuania, a new way of circumventing EU sanctions against Russia has been discovered. Two DAF trucks carrying cargo from the Netherlands to Russia were stopped at the Vilnius customs…
A Finnish company sent dozens of trucks to Russia in violation of sanctions
Finnish customs suspects that a Finnish company exported a significant number of trucks and trailers from Finland to Russia in 2022 and 2023, despite the fact that the EU has…
UK lifted sanctions against a Russian banker from an arms corporation
The UK has lifted sanctions against a Russian banker from an arms corporation. Thee Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom announced the lifting of sanctions against Russian…