EU states to discuss sanctions proposal restricting Russian gas trade for first time ever

Ambassadors from the 27 EU member states will on Wednesday, 8 May discuss a proposal for a new package of sanctions against Russia, the 14th so far. The sanctions will focus on restricting Moscow's ... Read More

Russia has circumvents sanctions bought US$500 million worth of aircraft parts – ISW

Russia has circumvented sanctions and since 2022 has purchased almost US$500 million worth of components for aircraft, including military ones, from abroad. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW ... Read More

New US sanctions against Russia target weapons development, ban uranium imports for nuclear power

The United States on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on hundreds of companies and people tied to Russia's weapons development program, more than a dozen Chinese entities accused of helping Moscow find ... Read More

EU countries reportedly receive proposal for 14th sanctions package against Russia

The European Commission has sent EU countries a draft proposal for a 14th package of sanctions against Russia. The proposal includes, among other things, restrictions on imports of liquefied natural ... Read More

Russia’s sanctions busting may call for change of approach, say analysts

Western battlefield weapons are still reaching Moscow, a study by Bruegel and the Kyiv School of Economics Institute found – but banks are wary of taking responsibility for monitoring the arms supply ... Read More

US, EU impose new sanctions on hardliner Israeli settlers

The United States and European Union have imposed sanctions targeting hardliner Israeli settlers engaged in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The EU said on Friday that the ... Read More

US expands sanctions against Russia over chemical weapons use in Ukraine

The U.S. State Department has expanded sanctions against Moscow, stating that Russian forces have used chloropicrin, a prohibited chemical substance, against the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on the ... Read More

US has no immediate plan to sanction Chinese banks over Russia, source says

April 22 (Reuters ... from possible U.S. sanctions. The United States and other Western nations imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia's financial system after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February ... Read More

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By Ivan Nechepurenko The penalties came after top Biden administration officials warned China not to help Moscow ... said the United States had information undermining Russia’s claim that ... Read More

US Says Russia’s Arms Trade With North Korea Violates Sanctions

(Bloomberg) -- The US ambassador to the United Nations said Russia’s arms trade with North Korea breaches international sanctions and Washington will seek ways to watch for violations after ... Read More

US envoy to UN urges Russia, China not to 'reward' North Korea's bad behaviour

PANMUNJOM, South Korea, April 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations urged Russia and China on Tuesday to reverse course, and stop rewarding North Korea's bad behaviour and ... Read More