Topic: Russia-Ukraine conflict

UK court: oligarch’s frozen funds can be used for certain living expenses

A London judge has ruled that funds held in bank accounts linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Petr Aven can be used to pay for running costs.

19 July 2022

Lab equipment shipper pleads guilty to failing to file export information

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Intertech Trading Corporation will pay $140,000 in fines for undervaluing shipments to Russia and Ukraine if court accepts plea agreement.

14 July 2022

Oligarchs lawyer up for EU sanctions challenges

GIR looks at the lawyers hired to represent Russians seeking to overturn their European Union sanctions listings.

13 July 2022

Abramovich seeks €1 million damages in EU sanctions challenge

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Details of the oligarch’s legal challenge against his EU sanctions designation became public on Monday.

11 July 2022

Counsel Watch: Kobre & Kim tapped to act for Abramovich

In the latest counsel watch, Kobre & Kim is acting for sanctioned oligarch Roman Abramovich, and Winston & Strawn is acting for Mexican state energy company Pemex.

07 July 2022

BIS officially ends ‘no admit, no deny settlements’, plans tougher penalties

The agency has implemented new policies to step up its enforcement of the most serious export control violations in response to unprecedented national security threats from Russia and China.

01 July 2022

UK politicians: UWOs have been “spectacularly unsuccessful”

A parliamentary committee has concluded that the UK’s underfunded law enforcement agencies have failed to effectively utilise unexplained wealth orders.

30 June 2022

Russia sanctions task force: assets freezes top $30 billion

30 June 2022

AUSTRAC establishes Russian sanctions team

27 June 2022

Three more Russian airlines blocked by BIS over export control violations

27 June 2022

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