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Latvian State Security Service Refers Citizen for Prosecution Over Russia-Linked Sanctions Breach

The Latvian State Security Service (VDD) has formally requested the Prosecutor's Office to commence criminal proceedings against one of its citizens. The individual is accused of unlawfully working for Russian-based…

Business, News, Russia, TOP newsOleg Deripaska

OFAC fines a company $7 million for ties with Deripaska

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury Department imposed a fine of $7,139,305 on the New York-based company Gracetown Inc. for violating sanctions related to Russia,…

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UK sanctions the Russian military intelligence agency

The UK government has announced sanctions and exposure of 11 actors involved in Russian state-sponsored hostile activity, including those working for the Russian military intelligence agency (GRU). According to the…

Business, News, Russia, TOP newsSuleiman Kerimov, Сулейман Керимов

OFAC found money belonging to the Russian senator, Kerimov, in data centers

The United States found money belonging to a senator from the Russian Federation at an American company. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department reported…

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Poland sanctions the Russian pharmaceutical company, Firn M

The The Ministry of the Interior and Administration of Poland has added Firn M LLC (ООО "Фирн М"), based in Moscow, and the Mark Innovation Company (ООО "Инновационная Фирма "Марк"), as…

News, Politics, Russia, TOP newsLukoil, Rosneft, T2 Mobile, The Rubicon Advanced Technology Testing Center, Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine imposed sanctions against Russian oil companies and ex-Tele2

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, by his decrees No. 870/2025 and No. 871/2025 of November 29, imposed sanctions against 36 individuals and 39 entities in Russia. According to Vladimir Zelenskyy,…

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Lithuanian customs blocks car shipments to Russia

Lithuanian customs officers at the Kybartai automobile checkpoint (border with the Kaliningrad region of Russia) have first detained a Peugeot 2008 and then a Citroen C3 Aircross. The first car…

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Swedish police: companies circumventing sanctions ban on supplies to Russia

The Swedish police say there is likely extensive indirect export of products from Sweden to Russia in violation of EU trade sanctions. The Swedish Trade Council analyzed data from February…

Business, News, Russia, TOP newsCourt of Justice of the European Union, Musa Bazhaev

EU Court has refused to lift sanctions against Russian businessman Musa Bazhaev

The EU Court of Justice issued its decision in case T-608/24, Bazhaev v. Council, refusing to lift the EU sanctions on Bazhaev, who has been under the sanctions since April…

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US citizen tried to sell the property of a relative of a Russian oligarch

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department imposed a fine of $4,677,552 dollars on a certain citizen of the country who violated sanctions against Russia.…