Emily Thomson

Oct 7, 2024 | sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Ben Smith |Julian Godfray |Emily Thomson

On 30 September 2024, the UK Government issued a notice stating that from 31 October 2024, the provision of intra-group services will no longer be a specific licensing ground available in relation to professional and business services provided by UK companies to their Russian subsidiaries. Licence applications submitted before 31 October 2024 will not be affected by the change.

Sep 9, 2024 | sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Ben Smith |Julian Godfray |Andrew Rose |Emily Thomson

On 5 September 2024, the UK amended the scope of its Russia sanctions relating to the provision of certain legal advisory services to non-UK persons, as contained in Regulations 54D and 60DB of The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (“UK Russia Regulations”), via The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2024 (the “Amending Regulation”).

Jul 8, 2024 | sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Ben Smith |Emily Thomson

On 29 June 2024, the EU adopted a new Belarus sanctions package by amending Council Regulation (EU) 765/2006 (the “EU Belarus Sanctions“), effective from 1 July 2024. The amending regulation can be found here. The new package increases the alignment of the EU Belarus Sanctions with the EU’s sanctions against Russia (including those contained in Regulation (EU) 833/2014 (the “EU Russia Sanctions“), as recently updated), in order to address the risk of circumvention.

Feb 26, 2024 | sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Kerry Contini |Alexandre Lamy |Olof König |Emily Thomson

The leader of Russia’s political opposition, Alexei Navalny, died in a Siberian prison on February 16, just over a week before the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Both Navalny’s death and the anniversary of the invasion were cited as the motivations behind the latest rounds of sanctions against Russia.

Dec 18, 2023 | sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Ben Smith |Julian Godfray |Andrew Rose |Emily Thomson

On 14 December 2023, the UK Government introduced two regulations (The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 and The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2023) amending The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 to impose further restrictions on goods, technology, and sources of funding that the UK Government considers could support Russia’s war against Ukraine.