Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled “EU adopts new restrictive measures targeting Russia” on 1 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled “US Department of Commerce implements significant expansion of export controls against Russia” on 1 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled “UK introduces new financial. trade and shipping sanctions against Russia” on 2 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled “EU bans Russian channels” on 2 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled “US Government imposes additional sanctions on Russia, including the Central Bank of the Russian Federation; implements Russia-related executive order” on 2 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled “Canada introduces additional designations including Russian President and Officials, prohibits dealings with Russian Central Bank, Ministry of Finance and National Wealth Fund” on 3 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled “New EU sanctions cut-off certain Russian banks from SWIFT and prohibit certain investments in Russia” on 3 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
On February 24, 2022, each of the three Belgian Regions (the Flemish, Walloon and Brussels Regions) announced that all export licenses issued by their services with Russia as destination country or country of end-use will be temporarily suspended. The suspension will be evaluated on a day-to-day basis.
On 23 February 2022, the Council adopted a package of measures to respond to Russia’s decision to recognize the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine as independent entities, and the subsequent decision to send Russian troops into these areas.
On February 23, 2022, the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, made an announcement that Japan will implement a set of economic sanctions against Russia and the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine.
Japan has condemned the latest Russian move of recognizing the break-away areas as a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine as well as international law.