Ukraine Crisis – Sanctions Update

От диктатора до партнера: как Александр Лукашенко добился снятия санкций. Превращk

All EU Member States must comply with EU Council Regulations relating to sanctions as soon as they are adopted. The new EU sanctions package was adopted on 24 February 2022.

Director-General's report on trade-related developments during the period from mid-October 2015 to mid-May 2016 was discussed during the meeting of the WTO's Trade Policy Review Body on a 25 July.

The Free Trade Agreement between Ukraine and Türkiye, ratified in July 2026, establishes a comprehensive framework extending far beyond simple tariff reductions. While the agreement introduces product-specific customs duty eliminations and phased reductions, it also creates binding rules for services trade, commercial establishment, electronic commerce, and state-to-state dispute resolution.

On June 24, 2024, the European Union ("EU") adopted a fourteenth package of restrictive measures (sanctions) against Russia for its continued war of aggression against Ukraine.

On 30 October 2013, Japan initiated WTO dispute settlement proceedings over the definitive safeguard measures imposed by Ukraine on imports of certain passenger cars.

The conflict in Ukraine has affected few markets more dramatically and directly than the grains and edible oils markets.

On 27 May 2009, changes were made to the customs clearance procedure for goods entering Ukraine, including...

Since the early 1990s, over 3,500 Turkish companies have established operations in Ukraine, with 92% remaining active despite ongoing conflict. These firms span critical sectors from infrastructure...

Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has enacted Resolution No. 875, establishing new procedures for exporting military and dual-use goods during martial law while expanding exemptions for Cabinet authorization. The resolution introduces significant changes to export control mechanisms that affect businesses operating in the defense and dual-use sectors.

The Cypriot tax landscape has undergone a significant recalibration following the entry into force of a broad package of fiscal reforms, effective as from the 1st of January, 2026.

On 3 September 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") delivered its judgment in Case C-798/24, Jautiva (the "Judgment"), addressing the compatibility of unrestricted public access to shareholder information with European Union ("EU") company law and data protection rules.

In January 2026, the European Commission unveiled its plan to overhaul the EU's Cybersecurity Act, a proposal now known as CSA2. It's the natural next step in a story that began years earlier with the EU's 2020 "5G Security Toolbox" - a set of voluntary recommendations encouraging Member States to be cautious about certain telecom suppliers. That voluntary approach produced patchy results: by most accounts, fewer than half of EU countries had actually acted on those recommendations. It is worth asking whether the adoption levels were however a failure of design, or a reflection of Member States reaching different conclusions about their risk exposures.

Federal Law No. 142-FZ on Amendment of Articles 6 and 30 of the Federal Law on Russian Federation Citizenship and Individual Regulations of the Russian Federation

Direct sales companies include many strategies for the marketing and successful selling of their products. One example of such strategies is multilevel marketing (MLM).

The mechanism of the preliminary reference stands as one of the cornerstones of European Union law. It establishes a channel of judicial cooperation between the national courts of Member States and the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU"), ensuring the uniform interpretation and application of EU law across all Member States. Understanding this mechanism, and in particular the conditions under which a Cypriot court may invoke it, is of considerable practical importance for any party appearing in proceedings that raise a question of EU law.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a report on the treatment of incoming third country branches (TCB) under the national law of Member States (the ‘Report').

On 18 July the Tax Department published reminders on its website of approaching deadlines for submission of returns.

Issue 144 of Gold Business Magazine includes a special feature which considers why Cyprus has been so successful in attracting a multicultural workforce to the island. Whilst exploring...

The Immovable Property (Tenure, Registration and Valuation) Law, Cap. 224, has been amended to require government departments and courts to notify owners of property about decisions that