Sanctions, Russia and North Korea
Zelenskyy imposes new sanctions against Russia, Iran and China
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has implemented the decision of the National Security and Defence Council by imposing new sanctions against six individuals and more than 40 legal entities from Iran,
Ukraine slaps new sanctions against individuals, entities from Iran, China, Russia
Ukraine imposed restrictions against 40 legal entities from Russia, Iran, and China as well. The sanctions list included Saad Sazeh Faraz Sharif, director of the Iranian company Shakad Sanat Asmari, as well as the heads and deputies of the Aerospace Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
U.S. sanctions network facilitating banking between Russia and North Korea
The United States has blacklisted a network accused of aiding financial payments between Russia and North Korea, two isolated countries that have grown financially and militarily closer amid the Kremlin's war in Ukraine.
US imposes new sanctions related to Russia, North Korea, says Treasury
The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on a network of five groups and one person for enabling payments between Russia and North Korea to support Moscow's war in Ukraine and Pyongyang's weapons programs,
US sanctions Russian individuals, entities engaging in prohibited transactions with North Korea
"The U.S. remains strongly committed to leveraging all our available tools to disrupt this and other schemes intended to support Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and enable (North Korea's) illicit access to the international financial system,
US sanctions facilitators of payments between Russia, N. Korea
The U.S. State and Treasury departments announced new sanctions Thursday on five groups and one person said to be involved in illicit payment mechanisms between Russia and North Korea. In a statement issued by the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control,
Behind Closed Doors: North Korean and Russian Officials Discuss Cooperation
North Korean Foreign Minister met with the Russian Foreign Minister to explore avenues for strengthening cooperation between their countries.
US imposes sanctions on Russia for financial cooperation with North Korea
The United States has imposed sanctions against individuals and entities involved in illegal financial transactions between Russia and North Korea, according to the US Department of the Treasury. As noted by the agency,
(LEAD) U.S. imposes sanctions targeting covert financial cooperation between N. Korea, Russia
The United States on Thursday announced sanctions against five entities and one individual -- based in Russia and a Russian-occupied Georgian region -- for their alleged involvement in illicit financial schemes between Pyongyang and Moscow.
EU sanctions focus expands to financing of Russia's battlefield products, envoy says
European Union sanctions could target financial institutions that underpin battlefield product flows to Russia as well as the ...
US imposes sanctions on a spyware firm behind a tool used to spy on dissidents and journalists
The United States is placing new sanctions on a spyware firm and its executives after its tools were used to spy on ...
Russia’s Sovcomflot Says G-7 Sanctions Make Oil Trade Less Safe
Russia’s state-run oil tanker company Sovcomflot PJSC said that western sanctions on ships moving the nation’s petroleum oil ...
Lebanese financier pleads guilty to sanctions evasion, US says
A Lebanese-Belgian dual citizen accused by the United States of financing the armed group Hezbollah pleaded guilty on Friday ...
China announces sanctions on US companies selling arms to self-ruled Taiwan
China has announced sanctions on American companies selling arms to the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as ...
US Ups Pressure to Clamp Down on Russian Oil Sanctions Breaches
The US has asked at least one shipping insurer for information on 14 companies it suspects may have violated sanctions on ...
Why isn’t Biden enforcing his own sanctions against Iran?
Without enforcement, new sanctions against Iran Air are just another paper tiger from the Biden administration.
US issues fresh Iran sanctions over alleged human rights violations
The United States issued a new round of Iran sanctions on Wednesday targeting 12 individuals who it said were tied to ...
Putin now targets another key area of the world after being wounded by Western sanctions
A new report claims Russia has been focussing its geopolitical strategy on countries like Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia, ...