Durex can no longer use its brand in russia due to EU sanctions

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Reckitt has announced that its russian division is developing new products and registering intellectual property rights due to EU sanctions

22 Apr 2026

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The UK has yet to detain a single tanker from russia’s shadow fleet due to concerns over the high costs of holding them

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The Royal Navy has not yet detained a single oil tanker subject to sanctions, due to the risk of incurring significant costs in detaining such vessels

20 Apr 2026

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The UK has transferred nearly $1 billion to Ukraine using frozen russian assets

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Ukraine has received the final tranche of £752 million (around $1 billion) from the UK as part of the G7 ERA initiative

16 Apr 2026

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Charges have been brought in the UK for breaching sanctions against russia

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On 15 April, charges were brought in connection with two offences relating to breaches of sanctions against russia

15 Apr 2026

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The UK has fined an Apple subsidiary for breaching sanctions against russia

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The UK has fined an Apple subsidiary over $500,000 for breaching sanctions against russia

30 Mar 2026

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The British Armed Forces have been authorised to board vessels belonging to russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ in British waters

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British military personnel will be able to board vessels belonging to russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’ as they transit through British waters

26 Mar 2026

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Abramovich does not want to give Ukraine the proceeds from the sale of Chelsea

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russian billionaire Abramovich has no intention of handing over the proceeds from the sale of Chelsea to Ukraine and will take legal action to retain them

09 Mar 2026

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Court allows Yukos shareholders to seize russian assets in Britain for $65 billion

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The High Court of London ruled to recognise and enforce in the United Kingdom the decision of the Dutch arbitration court on the payment of debt to former investors of Yukos

02 Mar 2026

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The United Kingdom has announced its largest package of sanctions against russia in four years

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The United Kingdom has announced a package of sanctions that is ‘historic’ and will deprive the Kremlin of important oil revenues

24 Feb 2026

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The UK fined the Bank of Scotland for violating sanctions against russia

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The UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has fined the Bank of Scotland for violating financial sanctions against russia

26 Jan 2026

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Dozens of sanctioned russian tankers pass through the English Channel, despite Britain's promises to ‘tighten the noose’ around russia

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Dozens of oil tankers targeted by British sanctions in response to russia's war in Ukraine passed through the English Channel this month

23 Jan 2026

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The United Kingdom is developing a mechanism for using oil from russia's shadow fleet to support Ukraine

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The British government is considering using oil seized from russian shadow fleet tankers to finance aid to Ukraine

14 Jan 2026

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Abramovich refused to give Ukraine money from the sale of Chelsea

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russian billionaire refuses to transfer funds to Ukraine until the authorities of the British offshore territory of Jersey close the investigation against him

29 Dec 2025

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UK rules out using frozen russian assets to aid Ukraine

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The United Kingdom has refused to use approximately £8 billion of frozen russian assets held in British banks to provide aid to Ukraine

20 Dec 2025

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The UK has expanded sanctions against russian energy companies and a Pakistani oligarch

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The United Kingdom has imposed new sanctions against russia in the energy sector

18 Dec 2025

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Britain gives Abramovich ‘last chance’ to transfer £2.5 billion to Ukraine for sale of Chelsea

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The United Kingdom will officially issue instructions to transfer £2.5 billion received from Roman Abramovich's sale of Chelsea to humanitarian causes in Ukraine

17 Dec 2025

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British banks oppose transfer of frozen russian assets to Ukraine

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The reason is the lack of guarantees of compensation for losses in the event of legal disputes with russia

11 Dec 2025

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The United Kingdom is ready to transfer nearly $11 billion in frozen russian assets to Ukraine

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The British government is prepared to transfer £8 billion (over $10.6 billion) of frozen russian assets to support Ukraine

05 Dec 2025

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Britain has postponed sanctions against Lukoil's foreign division for several months

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The British authorities have postponed the introduction of sanctions against the international division of the russian oil company Lukoil

27 Nov 2025

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Britain ready to finance Ukraine together with EU based on frozen russian assets

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The UK is ready to participate in an EU project to provide Ukraine with funding based on frozen russian assets

25 Nov 2025

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In the United Kingdom, a politician was sentenced to 10 years in prison for accepting bribes to promote russian narratives

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Former Member of the European Parliament and former leader of the British Reform UK party in Wales, Nathan Gill, was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison

21 Nov 2025

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Money laundering network linked to russia's circumvention of sanctions exposed in Britain

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The NCA reported that it had uncovered a russian money laundering network worth a billion dollars, which operated in Britain and was aimed at helping russia circumvent Western s…

21 Nov 2025

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Britain has temporarily exempted Bulgaria from its sanctions against Lukoil

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The United Kingdom has suspended sanctions against Lukoil in Bulgaria to allow its oil refinery in Burgas to operate

14 Nov 2025

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London gallery linked to Princess Eugenie accused of violating UK ban on luxury goods exports to russia

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The British authorities have accused London art gallery Hauser & Wirth of violating the UK's ban on the export of luxury goods to russia

13 Nov 2025

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Britain to investigate legality of russian aircraft purchases

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The British government has launched an investigation into possible sanctions violations related to the import of aviation equipment from russia during the first six months of 20…

10 Nov 2025

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Half of the proceeds from the sale of Chelsea could go to Abramovich's companies instead of helping Ukraine

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Ukraine may receive less than half of the £2.35 billion raised from the sale of Chelsea Football Club

05 Nov 2025

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Dozens of unseized properties in Britain found belonging to sanctioned russian oligarchs

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Real estate worth around £700 million, previously linked to sanctioned russian oligarchs, has not been frozen

03 Nov 2025

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Starmer called on allies to speed up the unfreezing of russian assets to finance Ukraine's defence

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The British Prime Minister stated that the leaders of the ‘coalition of the willing’ must agree on the completion of work on the use of frozen russian assets

25 Oct 2025

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The United Kingdom has imposed the toughest sanctions against russia

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The new restrictions apply to russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil

15 Oct 2025

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The United Kingdom and Canada join the EU plan to use russian central bank assets

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The United Kingdom and Canada plan to join the EU initiative to use part of russia's frozen assets worth approximately $300 billion

15 Oct 2025

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