Some airlines are still flying to Moscow and other russian airports

Russia

Some airlines still operate flights to airports in russia. There are virtually no European carriers amongst them

10 Sep 2026

Russia


russia wants to lease passenger aircraft from Vietnam in a move to circumvent sanctions

Russia

russia has already attempted to lease airliners from Central Asian countries, Qatar, Kuwait and Ethiopia

10 Sep 2026

Russia


russia’s ‘Arctic LNG-2’ is producing at record levels against the backdrop of the expansion of the ‘shadow fleet’

Russia

‘Arctic LNG-2’, which is subject to sanctions, produced gas at record rates in July and August, as its expanded ‘shadow fleet’ of tankers has enabled it to increase exports

09 Sep 2026

Russia


The Main Directorate of Intelligence has identified 155 russian companies that manufacture components for russian weapons

Russia

Almost half of these companies are not subject to any sanctions imposed by partner countries

08 Sep 2026

Russia


China may have supplied tonnes of materials to russia for the production of drones

China

The state-owned company Jilin Chemical Fibre Group has supplied 46 tonnes of polyacrylonitrile to russia – a material used in the production of carbon fibre for drones

07 Sep 2026

China


Searches were carried out in Latvia at a chain of russian-language bookshops over possible breaches of EU sanctions

Latvia

The State Security Service of Latvia carried out investigations at four premises in Riga and the surrounding area linked to the Mnogoknig bookshop chain

05 Sep 2026

Latvia


Albania refused to allow a tanker belonging to russia’s shadow fleet to enter its port

Albania

Albania refused to allow the russian shadow fleet tanker Hanuman to enter its port in Durres

04 Sep 2026

Albania


The Bulgarian Government has approved an exemption from the sanctions against russia

Bulgaria

The Bulgarian Council of Ministers has authorised the purchase from russia of equipment required for the operation of the Kozloduy nuclear power station

03 Sep 2026

Bulgaria


An investigation has been concluded in the Czech Republic into a businessman who may have helped Rotenberg circumvent sanctions

Czech Republic

The Czech police have concluded their investigation into the case of the russian-Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Kalantyrsky concerning breaches of international sanctions

02 Sep 2026

Czech Republic


russia is using the Maldives to circumvent sanctions

Maldives

russia is using the Maldives as a transit route for supplying dual-use goods subject to sanctions

02 Sep 2026

Maldives


An Armenian national has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a federal prison for smuggling goods into russia

United States of America

In the Federal Court in Austin, an Armenian national was sentenced to 26 months’ imprisonment for taking part in a criminal conspiracy to export goods from the US to russia

02 Sep 2026

United States of America


The UK has fined a London bank for circumventing sanctions against russia

United Kingdom

The UK has fined the London branch of the US bank Citibank £4.7 million for breaching sanctions against russia

02 Sep 2026

United Kingdom


Ireland foreign minister dodges question over russian-owned alumina plant

Ireland

Speaking on the eve of the meeting of EU foreign ministers, Helen McEnty did not commit to including the Irish alumina plant on the EU sanctions list

02 Sep 2026

Ireland


russia has circumvented sanctions and purchased equipment for 3D printing of parts for jet-powered UAV turbines

Russia

russia has acquired equipment for 3D-printing turbine parts, similar to that used at Rolls-Royce’s Western factories

02 Sep 2026

Russia


russia has almost doubled the size of its shadow fleet for LNG exports

Russia

Over the course of a year, russia has almost doubled the size of its shadow fleet, which it uses to export liquefied natural gas in circumvention of US and EU sanctions

01 Sep 2026

Russia


The EU Mission carried out an operation involving a vessel that may have belonged to russia’s ‘shadow fleet’

European Union

The EU’s Irini mission in the Mediterranean Sea carried out an inspection of a tanker that may have belonged to russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’

31 Aug 2026

European Union


The British Navy monitored russian ships and a ‘shadow fleet’ vessel in the English Channel for three days

United Kingdom

The Royal Navy has completed a three-day operation to monitor russian naval vessels and ships subject to sanctions in the English Channel

29 Aug 2026

United Kingdom


In the US, a russian citizen has been found guilty of illegally supplying aircraft parts to Aeroflot

United States of America

A russian national has been found guilty in a case involving a scheme to illegally export aircraft spare parts from the US to russia

29 Aug 2026

United States of America


Top executives at russia’s last bank in the EU have made millions of euros from sanctions

Luxembourg

Four senior directors of a Gazprombank subsidiary in Luxembourg used replacement bonds to make over €9 million

26 Aug 2026

Luxembourg


The State Financial Monitoring Service has uncovered a network involved in financing terrorism and circumventing sanctions via an account on a cryptocurrency exchange

Ukraine

A network involved in sanctions evasion and terrorist financing, linked to a Ukrainian’s account on an unnamed cryptocurrency exchange

25 Aug 2026

Ukraine


An arms dealer has been sentenced to imprisonment for exporting ammunition used in the war against Ukraine

United States of America

An Italian national has been sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment in the Federal Court in Brooklyn for conspiracy to commit export control offences

24 Aug 2026

United States of America


Latvia has begun publishing a list of companies that trade with russia and Belarus

Latvia

The Central Statistical Office will publish on its website a list of enterprises registered in Latvia that export or import goods to russia or Belarus

20 Aug 2026

Latvia


A further 19 companies are being wound up in Kyrgyzstan in connection with the circumvention of sanctions against russia

Kyrgyzstan

The Kyrgyz authorities are winding up a further 19 companies that may be linked to the circumvention of EU and US sanctions against russia

19 Aug 2026

Kyrgyzstan


A woman carrying a frying pan subject to sanctions has been detained in Estonia at the border with russia

Estonia

At the Narva customs post, officials inspected a 39-year-old Finnish national and found goods subject to sanctions in her luggage

19 Aug 2026

Estonia


The cost of shipping sanctioned goods from Europe has risen by a quarter due to shipping problems in the Black Sea

Russia

The cost of transporting European goods to russia has risen significantly since importers were forced to stop using the Black Sea route

17 Aug 2026

Russia


russia trades with China via the Arctic

Russia

Since the start of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, russia’s international trade with China has accounted for the majority of trade along the Northern Sea Route

14 Aug 2026

Russia


russia has built another tanker to circumvent sanctions via the northern seas

Russia

The second russian ice-class LNG tanker, the ‘Konstantin Posiet’, has set course for the Northern Sea Route

14 Aug 2026

Russia


The Main Directorate of Intelligence has released details of 26 vessels that russia is using to transport oil, gas and stolen Ukrainian grain

Ukraine

The Main Directorate of Intelligence on the War&Sanctions portal has published details of 26 vessels that russia is using to transport grain, oil and LNG

14 Aug 2026

Ukraine


In Austria, two Belarusians have been found guilty of circumventing export restrictions

Austria

An Austrian court has found two Belarusian nationals guilty of breaching export controls by supplying equipment to russian companies

12 Aug 2026

Austria


Putin has threatened to seize Western merchant ships in response to actions against the ‘shadow fleet’

Russia

russian President Putin has threatened to respond ‘in kind’ if Western countries start seizing russian merchant ships

12 Aug 2026

Russia