Newsletter of the main news 01.09/07.09

While Moscow boasts about its “resilience to Western pressure,” its oligarchs are desperately seeking ways out of sanctions that have cut them off from billions.

09 Sep 2025


Billionaire Abramovich faces Jersey money laundering and sanctions probe

Switzerland

Abramovich’s lawyers have denied the allegations against him

07 Sep 2025

Switzerland


Trump said he is ready to move to the “second stage” of sanctions against russia

United States of America

The US administration explained the delay in tightening sanctions against russia by saying that in this case, Moscow would withdraw from the negotiations and the war would drag …

07 Sep 2025

United States of America


Belgium will not transfer frozen russian assets to Ukraine

Belgium

Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot confirmed Belgium's refusal to use russian assets

05 Sep 2025

Belgium


The HACCU partially upheld the Ministry of Justice's claim against V.M. Oliynyk regarding the application of sanctions

Ukraine

Oliynyk V.M. - former MP of Ukraine of the VII convocation from the political party “Party of Regions”

05 Sep 2025

Ukraine


Council of the European Union imposes sanctions on two individuals over abuses in detention centres in Crimea

European Union

They are now subject to asset freezes and travel bans in the EU

05 Sep 2025

European Union


Lithuania proposes two options for using frozen russian assets

Lithuania

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said that the EU remains skeptical about proposals to use frozen russian assets

04 Sep 2025

Lithuania


Russian businessman Friedman asks Spain for help in lifting EU sanctions

Spain

The oligarch guarantees annual investments of around €180 million until 2029

04 Sep 2025

Spain


Hungary and Slovakia are demanding that the EU lift sanctions against Russian oligarchs

European Union

Hungary and Slovakia are blocking the extension of the European Union’s individual sanctions against the Kremlin

04 Sep 2025

European Union


The United Kingdom has allocated over £1 billion from frozen Russian assets to provide military assistance to Ukraine

United Kingdom

These funds were used to purchase artillery ammunition, air defense missiles, drones, spare parts, and other equipment

04 Sep 2025

United Kingdom


DTEK is seeking the seizure of Russian assets — a hotel and a parking lot — in Jerusalem

Israel

Ukraine seeks to claim ownership from Russia of the “Sergei Courtyard” and a parking lot in Jerusalem.

03 Sep 2025

Israel


Ukraine has confiscated 1,600 Russian railway wagons

Ukraine

The Verkhovna Rada has approved President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decree of July 2 on the compulsory seizure of 1,592 various types of railway wagons

03 Sep 2025

Ukraine


The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on Russians involved in the abduction of Ukrainian children

United Kingdom

The UK government has imposed sanctions on Russians who are forcibly deporting and militarizing Ukrainian children

03 Sep 2025

United Kingdom


Spain flags Ankara’s growing role in sanctions evasion for russia

Spain

The Spanish court’s ruling reveals how russia used Turkey as a conduit to circumvent Western sanctions

03 Sep 2025

Spain


Australia imposes sanctions on 14 Russians: what penalties will they face?

Australia

The Australian government is imposing sanctions on 14 Russians who may have been involved in the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny

03 Sep 2025

Australia


Russia has set up a hub in Armenia to export sanctioned diamonds to the West

Russia

Diamonds from Russia continue to enter EU and U.S. markets despite G7 and EU sanctions against the Russian state-owned company Alrosa

02 Sep 2025

Russia


Germany has opened a discussion on channeling Russia’s frozen assets in favor of Ukraine

Germany

According to preliminary data from the European Commission, around €210 billion of the Russian Central Bank’s assets remain frozen within the EU

01 Sep 2025

Germany


A Chinese bank has halted transactions with Russia due to EU sanctions

China

The Chinese Heihe Rural Commercial Bank, which was placed under European Union sanctions, has stopped accepting payments from Russia

01 Sep 2025

China


Chinese container ship has made four calls at port in occupied Crimea since June

China

The publication suggests that the containers contained, in particular, products from the temporarily occupied Donbas region

01 Sep 2025

China


Newsletter of the main news 25.08/31.08

Discussions around frozen Russian assets are reaching a new level. The EU is considering a plan to invest €200 billion in riskier instruments

31 Aug 2025


Sweden disappointed that EU cannot agree on transfer of frozen russian assets to Ukraine

Sweden

Sweden has stated that the EU is currently unable to make a decision on transferring russia's frozen assets to Ukraine

30 Aug 2025

Sweden


Lithuania calls for confiscation of frozen russian assets

Lithuania

Lithuanian authorities say there are a number of legal decisions that could allow the confiscation of frozen russian assets in favour of Ukraine

30 Aug 2025

Lithuania


Estonia insists on confiscating frozen russian assets and transferring funds to Ukraine

Estonia

Estonia believes that the EU should confiscate more than €200 billion of russia's frozen assets in the EU and transfer them to Ukraine

30 Aug 2025

Estonia


Poland has declared its readiness to assist the EU in confiscating frozen assets of the Central Bank of russia worth over €200 billion

Poland

Poland wants to help the EU confiscate russian assets in order to transfer them to Ukraine's defence and reconstruction efforts

30 Aug 2025

Poland


Estonian national extradited to the United States to face charges for helping russian military acquire U.S electronics

United States of America

The defendant used shell companies and fake names to evade U.S. export controls

29 Aug 2025

United States of America


The EU is preparing a new plan to use €200 billion of frozen russian assets for the benefit of Ukraine

European Union

The European Commission is preparing a plan to use frozen russian assets worth around €200 billion to rebuild Ukraine after the war

29 Aug 2025

European Union


Duane Morris attorneys summarize the application of European sanctions over the summer

European Union

There have been 7 criminal convictions generating 19.5 years of jail time, and fines and confiscations of over €9m

28 Aug 2025

European Union


Foreign companies in russia paid at least $20 billion in taxes in 2024

Russia

According to data from the organisation B4Ukraine and the Kyiv School of Economics, foreign companies in russia paid at least $20 billion in taxes last year

28 Aug 2025

Russia


Denmark seeks EU sanctions on russia’s crypto

Dania

Denmark wants the EU to restrict Moscow’s cryptocurrency transactions as part of fresh European sanctions against russia

28 Aug 2025

Dania


The US has allowed the import of some diamonds of russian origin despite sanctions

United States of America

OFAC has issued a new general license that allows the import of certain categories of diamonds despite sanctions against russia

27 Aug 2025

United States of America