On October 12, 2023, the Russian oil Price Cap Coalition (consisting of the G7 countries, the European Union, and Australia) issued an advisory (the "Advisory")...

The eighth package of sanctions against Russia has been published by the Official Journal. This follows the seventh ‘maintenance and alignment' package introduced in July 2022, the extension...

In a recent ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) upheld the legality of confiscating the proceeds from brokering services relating to military equipment manufactured...

Ontario Court of Appeal confirms that parties may introduce fresh evidence in a de novo consideration of an arbitral tribunal's preliminary jurisdictional decision...

Eine ganze Reihe von Sanktionen wurden in Bezug auf Russland bereits verhängt, und es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass insbesondere die USA weitere Sanktionen anordnen. Auch zahlreiche europäische...

On 3 April 2017, the President of Russia signed Federal Law No. 59-FZ on Amending the Federal Law on the National Payment System (the Law).

This regular alert covers key regulatory developments related to EU emergency responses, including in particular, to COVID-19, Russia's war of aggression on against Ukraine...

Exporting to Russia is already a challenge. There are OFAC sanctions arising out of the Ukraine/Crimea situation, Military End User controls, and the usual export licensing requirements.

On 14 December 2023, HM Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ("OFSI") published its Annual Review for the 2022-23 financial year (the "Annual Review").

EU operators are required to "undertake their best efforts" to ensure that their subsidiaries (including those in Russia) do not participate in activities undermining the restrictive measures provided.

On 24 February 2025, the European Union announced its sixteenth sanctions package against Russia, reaffirming its commitment to supporting Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence.

In response to targeted attacks by Russia against civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, the European Union intends to increase pressure on Russia...

On 11 March 2022, Australia announced that it will prohibit the import of oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, coal and other energy products from Russia.

On 20 May 2025, the Council of the EU adopted its seventeenth package of restrictive measures against Russia, which supplements those detailed in our previous newsflashes.

In a wave of recent decisions, including in proceedings involving a number of Western banks, the Russian courts have disapplied the contractual dispute resolution clauses and taken...

The United States has imposed a further round of sanctions on Russia in connection with the determination in August 2018 that Russia has utilized chemical weapons in the "Skripal attack" in violation of the US CBW Act.

Council Regulation (EU) 2023/2878 of December 18, 2023, amending Regulation (EU) No. 833/2014 resulted in the adoption of the 12th package of sanctions against Russia...

On December 16, 2024, the EU adopted its 15th sanctions package of economic and individual restrictive measures (sanctions) against Russia. The measures were adopted through (i) Council Regulation (EU) 2024.

In a latest escalation in the political and economic tensions between Russia and the US, the Russian President has issued a Decree No. 442 on 23 May 2024 ("Decree")...

On December 19, OFAC and the State Department announced concerted action against Russian malign cyberactors for their alleged role in various disruptive hacking schemes throughout the world.