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News about economic and political sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union, Great Britain, Russia, and Ukraine.

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Estonian Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal case against a lawyer for violating sanctions

A criminal case has been opened against a lawyer in Estonia for violating international sanctions. The Estonian State Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal investigation against lawyer Urmas Simon, who is…

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US sanctions four Costa Rican drug dealers

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on four Costa Rican nationals and two Costa Rica-based entities for their involvement in narcotics…

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Russian was sentenced to 30 months in prison for violating sanctions

Dual U.S. and Russian citizen, Vadim Yermolenko, was sentenced to 30 months in prison in the United States for violating sanctions. He was involved in a transnational arms trafficking and…

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Estonia: the main violation of sanctions is the export of euros to Russia

The Estonian Tax and Customs Board (ETCB) has reported that most violations of the sanctions imposed by the European Union are related to attempts to transport euros across the border.…

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Ukraine’s new sanctions hit Russian UAV manufacturers

On August 16, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, signed Decree No. 599/2025 imposing sanctions on 55 legal entities and 39 individuals. Among the sanctioned legal entities, there are 10…

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US sanctions Russian crypto assets in Kyrgyzstan

The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of Treasury (OFAC) re-sanctions the Garantex Europe OU cryptocurrency exchange, which directly assisted known cybercriminals and ransomware program authors by…

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Lithuanian banks on Chinese sanctions: the PRC did not warn us

Lithuanian banks, Urbo Bank and Mano Bank, against which the Chinese Ministry of Commerce imposed sanctions on 13 August, found no justification for this. "We had not received any prior…

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China imposes sanctions on European banks

The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China has announced the imposition of sanctions on "two financial institutions of the European Union" - banks UAB Urbo Bankas and…

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Switzerland joined the new sanctions against Russia

The Swiss Federal Department for Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), which is responsible for national sanctions, has expanded the lists of individuals and entities subject to sanctions. This means…

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Guernsey officials have fined a company of Russian origin

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has imposed a fine of £175,000 on ITI Trade Ltd. and £35,000 on Alex Phil (formerly known as Alexei Filatov, Date of Birth 2 February…