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Byline: Joel Achenbach, Samantha Schmidt The United States has seized a luxury aircraft that officials say was illegally purchased and âsmuggledâ out of the country for use by Venezuelan President [...]

The list of barred journalists includes the top editor of The Wall Street Journal. Dozens of other Americans are also forbidden to enter Russia, which said the move was in [...]

Treasury officials want to impose penalties on tankers that help Russian oil evade sanctions. White House aides worry that risks making gasoline more expensive. Officials in President Biden's Treasury Department [...]

The Republican-written bill, which the White House strongly opposes, stands little chance of becoming law after lawmakers failed to reach a bipartisan deal on penalizing measures. The House voted mostly [...]

Byline: Jeff Stein The United States and its Western allies took a key step Saturday toward using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine's war effort, moving closer to providing another [...]

The Biden administration announced the measures as U.N. restrictions approved with the 2015 nuclear deal expired. The Biden administration on Wednesday imposed new sanctions aimed at Iran's ballistic missile and [...]

The measures came a day after Sudan's military pulled out of peace talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah that aimed to stop the fighting. The United States announced new [...]

Byline: Ellen Francis and Andrew Jeong Russian attacks hit cities around Ukraine, killing at least 17 people, officials said early Friday. In Kyiv, authorities said the capital came under the [...]

August 11, 2023 - In the weeks following the adoption of the eleventh package of sanctions against Russia, the European Union ('EU') took a series of actions against Iran and [...]

Washington, D.C. (August 2, 2023) - On July 19, 2023, the United States Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Society (BIS) released new best practices guidance for exporters dealing [...]

On 23 June 2023, the European Commission adopted its 11th package of sanctions targeting Russia and Belarus. The new package focuses on tackling the circumvention of trade sanctions through third [...]

June 29, 2023 - On June 23, 2023, the European Union ('EU') adopted an eleventh package of restrictive measures (sanctions) against Russia 'to ensure that EU sanctions against Russia are [...]

On June 22, 2023, Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 (formerly Bill C-47) received Royal Assent. Among the various other measures in this omnibus bill, the Act made significant amendments [...]

In May 2023, the leaders of the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom gathered in Hiroshima, Japan, for the annual G7 summit. The symbolic significance [...]

The Swiss Federal Council continues aligning the Swiss sanctions regime to the EU sanctions against Russia. On March 29, 2023, the Swiss Federal Council adopted remaining measures against Russia, in [...]

Byline: Karen DeYoung The Biden administration said on Saturday it would lift a key oil sanction against Venezuela, marking the first significant crack in a years-long U.S. embargo that could [...]

The Biden administration has imposed new sanctions on Tehran and expressed support for protesters, as the Iranian government aids Russia in the Ukraine war and continues nuclear enrichment. Over the [...]

Myanmar gets resources and ammunition, while Russia gets a customer at a time when it is struggling for revenues. Each can use the other to undermine Western sanctions. Myanmar has [...]

Byline: Miriam Berger Demonstrators in Iran are struggling to gain access to the online tools that would help them organize and stay safe. As protesters continue to swell the ranks [...]

The move suggests a more aggressive approach by the Biden administration after talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal faltered. WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration announced on Thursday that it [...]

The oligarch Oleg Deripaska is accused of conspiring to violate sanctions, including by arranging for his girlfriend to travel to America to give birth so his children could have U.S. [...]

Washington, D.C. (February 17, 2023) - In a continuation of effort to increase the bite of U.S. sanctions, on December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of [...]

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, so too does Russia's isolation from the West.1 Member nations of the Group of Seven (G7)-the United States (U.S.), Canada, France, Germany, Italy, [...]

Facing sanctions on its exports, Russia could continue selling oil profitably under a cap, the U.S. Treasury secretary said, while global strains on supply and pressure on prices would reduce. [...]

They call it ''Dubaisk.'' After the Russian invasion, the threat of closing borders, international sanctions and imprisonment drove tens of thousands to flee Russia. Journalists, activists and tech workers flocked [...]

Byline: Loveday Morris, Emily Rauhala, Rick Noack and Matt Viser MITTENWALD, Germany - Leaders from the Group of Seven wealthiest democracies said they would 'urgently' explore price caps on Russian [...]

Byline: Ishaan Tharoor In a pivotal week of European summitry, two of the West's major geopolitical blocs are focusing on what they were built to do: hedge against the Kremlin. [...]

In a speech at an economic forum, he called the U.S. a fading power and said sanctions on Russia, not the Ukraine war, are hurting Western economies. President Vladimir V. [...]

The Treasury Department also identified four yachts as being linked to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government leveled sanctions against a yacht management company and [...]

Global restrictions on sending advanced technology to Russia are hampering the country's military capacity, U.S. officials say, though Russia has stockpiled American equipment for years. WASHINGTON -- With magnifying glasses, [...]

The effort could hurt Russia but could also help drive up already high oil prices, hurting the global economy and enriching energy companies. HOUSTON -- The European Union's embargo on [...]

On Feb. 24, as Russian troops poured into Ukraine on Day 1 of the invasion, an employee of a yacht management company sent an email to the captain of the [...]

An operation to bring grain out from Ukraine through Lithuania, with considerable political hurdles, is just one option being considered amid warnings of mass starvation around the world. KLAIPEDA, Lithuania [...]

The Swiss Federal Council continues aligning the Swiss sanctions regime to the EU sanctions against Russia. On November 23, 2022, the Swiss Federal Council adopted the latest measures adopted by [...]

On September 27, 2022, HM Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ('OFSI') announced that a monetary penalty of £30,000 was imposed on April 26, 2022 against Hong Kong International Wine [...]

On November 14, 2022, HM Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ('OFSI') published detailed guidance on the recently published ban on the provision of maritime transportation of Russian oil and [...]

Key Takeaways: The U.S. Department of Commerce imposes additional export controls on Russia and Belarus, including on new categories of EAR99 items that did not previously require an export license [...]

Adewale Adeyemo, the deputy Treasury secretary, met privately with international financial institutions to make clear the consequences of sanctions evasion. The Biden administration is urging international banks not to help [...]

Byline: Emily Rauhala and Quentin Ariès BRUSSELS - The European Union is close to a deal on phasing out Russian oil imports in response to the war in Ukraine - [...]

''The cost of this fight is not cheap,'' President Biden said. He also sent Congress a plan to increase the government's power to seize luxury yachts, aircraft and other assets [...]

President Biden's trip to Belgium and Poland this week could not come at a more critical time for Europe. If our shared ideals of democracy and freedom are to prevail, [...]

With charitable donations and public statements in support of Ukraine, Phillips auction house is trying to deflect those pushing for a boycott of the business, owned by two wealthy Russians. [...]

Byline: Karla Adam and Cindy Boren LONDON - Britain on Thursday froze the assets of seven prominent Russian business executives, including Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, rapidly shedding its [...]

Russian companies have many cryptocurrency tools at their disposal to evade sanctions, including a so-called digital ruble and ransomware. When the United States barred Americans from doing business with Russian [...]

Byline: Robyn Dixon, Rachel Pannett, Ellen Francis and John Wagner President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced new sanctions on Russia after its moves against Ukraine, saying the actions amounted to [...]