The European Council has adopted sanctions against nine individuals who hold positions of responsibility in the State administration and in the chain of command of the security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for planning, directing or committing serious human rights violations. This is in addition to the seven people on whom the EU imposed sanctions as of 12 December 2016 due to the obstruction of the electoral process and related human rights…
On May 22, 2017 the Governments of Russia and Turkey signed a statement on uplifting of mutual restrictions in foreign trade. Relevant document was signed by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Mr. A. Dvorkovich and Deputy Prime Minister of the Turkish Government Mr. Mehmet Simshek. Relevant statements are available at the web-site of the Russian Government at: http://government.ru/news/27756/and http://government.ru/news/27759/ (available in the Russian language). There have been no official documents issued yet. According to official statements…
On 17 May 2017, the US Department of State announced that the US Government would renew waivers of certain sanctions necessary to continue to implement US commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”). On the same day, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated additional parties for their involvement in Iran’s military and ballistic missile program.