Sanctions against Russia. Recent Developments (21 December 2022 update)

This December, the EU introduced a series of restrictive measures targeting Russia. Council of the EU approved the ninth package of sanctions. Additionally, the European Commission proposed framework that would amend the Lisbon Treaty and harmonize criminalization of violation of sanctions at the level of the Union. Finally, the EU introduced a price cap for […]

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Russian counter measures. Recent developments (21 December 2022 update)

Russia has adopted a series of new measures. Namely, the President introduced new restrictions concerning certain transactions involving credit organizations and joint-stock companies that are not credit organizations. The Russian Central Bank issued decision expanding the scope of application of type C accounts. Moreover, the Ministry of Finance issued clarifications on the scope of transactions […]

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Sanctions against Russia : recent developments (18 October updates)

EU Adopts New Package of Sanctions Targeting Russia On 6 October 2022 Council of the European Union adopted an eighth package of sanctions targeting Russia following the recent actions attempted by the Russian Government as part of the special military operation in Ukraine. Besides the extension of the personal sanctions list, EU introduced the following […]

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Russian counter measures. Recent developments (29 september 2022 update)

Procedure for the Approval of Transactions with Shares in a Russian LLC Adopted On 19 September 2022 Russian Government introduced amendments establishing a procedure for approval of transactions involving shares in Russian limited liability companies. Such transactions are considered as controlled operations and are to be approved by the Governmental Commission for the Control of […]

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Sanctions against russia. Recent revelopments (13 september update)

CONTROL OF TRANSACTIONS WITH SHARES IN AN LLC On 8 September 2022, Russian President issued Decree No. 618 “On Special Procedure for Execution of Certain Transactions (Operations)” (the “Decree”). The decree provides for new rules, specifically for transactions involving transfer of shares in Russian LLCs as well as transactions involving Russian banks under sanctions.  We […]

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Russian counter measures. Recent Developments (19 August 2022 update)

Russia has adopted a series of new measures. Namely, the President introduced new restrictions concerning transactions with shares in certain Russian companies. The Government added new jurisdictions to the list of unfriendly states. At the same time, the Russian Central Bank suspended some of its previously adopted restrictions. For more information on sanctions targeting Russia, […]

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Sanctions against Russia. Recent Developments (9 August update)

On 21 July 2022, Council of the EU adopted a seventh package of sanctions targeting Russia. The new package establishes new bans and exemptions for sectoral sanctions. It also targets new persons and entities, including Sberbank. Additionally, the US expanded their individual sanctions. Below is an overview of the latest sanctions. For more information on […]

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Russian counter measures : recent developments (update July 12, 2022)

Russia has adopted a series of new measures. Namely, the President and the Government introduced new measures that mainly facilitate operations involving foreign currency. Laws on legalization of parallel importation and on additional powers of the President became effective. Certain legal initiatives were rejected or put on hold. Specifically, the review of the draft law […]

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Sanctions against Russia. Recent developments.

On 22 February 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws ratifying agreements with the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR) recognizing them as independent states. On 24 February 2022 President Putin announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Sanctions were adopted against Russia further to these actions of Russia (please see our previous […]

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