Sweden releases a sanctioned tanker
Sweden has released a tanker that was detained on the EU sanctions list. The Swedish Coast Guard has announced that the tanker, the Flora 1, has been allowed to continue…
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…
EU sanctions did not help the squatters against Russia
The Amsterdam District Court issued a decision in a case that can be described as "Russia vs. the Squatters." The building of the trade office that the Russian Federation rented…
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…
US lifted sanctions on three individuals linked to Russia
On March 27, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury Department removed three people associated with Russia from the sanctions list. The sanctions were lifted against…
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…
US lifted sanctions on individuals associated with Russia.
The United States has lifted sanctions on individuals associated with Russia. On March 13, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury removed the…