Sanctions

John Ormerod helped Russian oil giant Lukoil create a network of companies in the Marshall Islands.

The new list includes 100 objects, including 18 ships and the Deposit Insurance Agency of the Russian Federation.

The Vice President of the European Commission announced that the EU has approved the 17th package of sanctions against Russia, affecting almost 200 ships of the shadow fleet.

German Foreign Minister Johannes Wadeful has announced plans to step up surveillance of the Russian naval fleet under sanctions after suspicious incidents in the Baltic Sea.

The EU and UK are discussing sweeping sanctions at a summit in Albania over Russia’s stance on the ceasefire in Ukraine.

Swiss sanctions have extended to the seaports of Astrakhan, Makhachkala, Novorossiysk, Primorsk and Ust-Luga.

The 17th package of EU sanctions against Russia includes restrictions against 189 vessels of the “shadow fleet”.

The new package of restrictions will include sanctions against the “shadow fleet”, as well as the financial and energy sectors of Russia.

The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading a draft law on the application of sanctions to Russian vessels that illegally transport oil.

The European Union is preparing new sanctions against the so-called “shadow fleet” of the Russian Federation, in particular – against 25 tankers in the Baltic and North Seas.