The Biden administration has imposed some of its toughest sanctions yet on Russia, in a move designed to hit Moscow’s energy revenue that is fuelling its war in Ukraine. The…
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USA: Authorities sanction billionaire founder of Georgia Dream party
The US has imposed sanctions on Georgia’s former prime minister and billionaire founder of the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Ivanishvili and his…
UK: Authorities sanctions Georgian officials over protest crackdown
The UK has sanctioned five senior Georgian officials, including the interior minister, for their roles in suppressing pro-European protests in the Black Sea country. The individuals will face travel bans…
UK: Authorities sanctions Kenyan businessman over illicit gold trade
The UK and US governments have imposed sanctions on a British-Kenyan businessman over his alleged involvement in the illicit gold trade. Kamlesh Pattni, and four others including his wife and…
Ukraine: Kyiv sanctions Georgian leaders over crackdown on pro-EU protests
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sanctioned top Georgian officials, including the prime minister and the billionaire founder of the ruling party, in a bid to halt the country’s apparent drift…
Iran: US imposes new sanctions on Tehran’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers
United States has piled on additional sanctions against Iran targeting 35 entities and vessels that it says are part of a “shadow fleet of vessels” transporting cargoes of Iranian petroleum…