Standard Chartered fined for violating sanctions against russia
U.K. authorities have fined Standard Chartered PLC for violating sanctions imposed on russia following its annexation of the Crimea in 2014, the WSJ reports. The British bank...
Washington urges European Union to impose sanctions on russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have urged the European Union to impose sanctions on russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, writes the WSJ. In a...
The United States issue new sanctions related to russia’s occupation of Crimea
The Trump administration placed sanctions on Wednesday on leading russian-backed officials in Crimea, The Washington Post reports. Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin said the U.S. action “reiterates...
russian billionaire is suing banks for refusing to do business with him
russian billionaire Boris Rotenberg is suing four Nordic banks for not doing business with him, Bloomberg reports. The oligarch, an associate of President Vladimir putin,...
russia will have to find alternative ships to finish Nord Stream 2
Allseas, the Swiss-Dutch company laying the pipe, stopped work Friday, hours after President Trump signed a bill sanctioning companies working on the line, ubn.news reports....
US Treasury Sanctions russian cybercriminal organization
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against Evil Corp, the russia-based cybercriminal organization responsible for the development and distribution...
Swedbank May Have Breached US Sanctions Against russia
Swedbank AB may have violated U.S. sanctions against russia by facilitating the transfer of $1 million from gun maker Kalashnikov to a U.S. subsidiary in...
EU states’ position on sanctions against russia
ECFR’s survey found that, in most member states, more than 50 percent of voters viewed the EU’s policy on russia as either balanced or not...
PACE allowed russia to return
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted a resolution and introduced amendments to the regulations, which may complicate or block the...