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    Russia Considers Raising ‘Exit Tax’ for Foreign Firms – Report

    By Editors | 23/09/2024

    Russian authorities are reportedly considering raising the exit tax from the current 15 percent to as high as 40 percent.

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    EU Parliament Calls for Tougher Sanctions Action on Russia

    By Editors | 21/09/2024

    EU Parliament adopted a resolution calling for tighter sanctions on Russian fossil fuels and additional measures targeting circumvention.

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    EU Mulls Expansion of Export Controls to Subsidiaries of EU Firms

    By Editors | 21/09/2024

    The EU is reportedly considering expanding export restrictions to subsidiaries of EU companies, and increasing focus on third country FIs.

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    OFAC Targets Russia-DPRK Sanctions Evasion Network

    By Editors | 20/09/2024

    New sanctions have been imposed on five entities and an individual for helping to establish payment mechanisms between Russia and North Korea.

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    UK Imposes Trade Sanctions Targeting Iran Defence Industry

    By Editors | 20/09/2024

    The new measures are part of the UK’s response to reports that Iran has delivered ballistic missiles to Russia.

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    Armenia Accused of Facilitating Russian Sanctions Evasion

    By Editors | 20/09/2024

    NGOs from Azerbaijan claim that several EU countries including Greece and Cyprus are continuing to conduct trade with Russia through Armenia.

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    US, Canada Announce New Human Rights Sanctions on Iran

    By Editors | 18/09/2024

    Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian, who took office in July, said he will ensure that authorities do not “bother” women.

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    Canada Announces New Sanctions on Hamas and Israel Settlers

    By Editors | 18/09/2024

    This is Canada’s fourth round of sanctions imposed over the October 2023 attacks on Israel, and the third round over extremist settler violence.

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    Meta Blocks Russian State Media on Facebook, Instagram

    By Editors | 18/09/2024

    Meta’s decision came just days after OFAC imposed sanctions on RT’s parent companies Rossiya Segodnya and TV-Novosti.

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    OFAC Sanctions More Members of Intellexa Spyware Consortium

    By Editors | 18/09/2024

    The sanctions target five individuals and an entity for their roles in developing, operating, and distributing commercial spyware technology marketed under the “Predator” brand.

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