In recent weeks, there have been a number of noteworthy developments highlighting the increasing focus that US, EU, UK and other governments are placing on the potential circumvention of sanctions against Russia, and the roles of third countries and companies in facilitating the circumvention or undermining of such sanctions measures. These anti-circumvention efforts are taking place in the context of the G7’s concerted effort to bolster sanctions enforcement around the world, through the creation of…
Effective as of 28 February 2023, Ukraine introduced three sets of personal sanctions against 277 individuals and 92 legal entities in total.[1] The Decisions sanctioned the following persons:[2] Those involved in the abduction and illegal trafficking of Ukrainian children to Russia, in particular: Russian children’s rights officials — Igor Morokov, Kseniia Mishonova, Anna Mitianina, Svetlana Adamenko, Ekaterina Smoroda, Danilo Trubitsyn, etc. Russian charitable and humanitarian organizations — Charitable Foundation for Helping People in Difficult Life…
On 25 February, 2023, Prime Minister Kishida, announced further sanctions against Russia. The new measures will include: Asset Freezes on Russian individuals/entities and suspension of visas to Russian individuals/entities; financial sanctions including asset freezes on financial institutions; and export bans on items that can be used for military purposes, dual-use goods, certain commodities and semiconductors. Additionally, the Prime Minister mentioned that the Japanese government is considering introducing further sanctions in coordination with other G7 countries…
On 24 February 2023, the Australian Government announced that it had imposed further targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on 90 persons, and targeted financial sanctions on 40 entities. The new designations include Russian ministers with responsibilities spanning energy, natural resources, industry, education, labour, migration and health, being areas of economic and strategic significance to Russia or that threaten the territorial integrity or sovereignty of Ukraine, and include: Kalashnikov Concern, one of Russia’s largest arms…