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

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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

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The US Treasury has refused to grant russia economic concessions until the war is over

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The US Secretary of the Treasury told Anton Siluanov that Moscow would not receive any economic concessions or agreements on other issues until it ended the war against Ukraine

01 Sep 2026

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

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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

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

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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

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The US has extended the deadline for the sale of Lukoil’s assets until 19 September

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The US has extended the deadline for the sale of assets belonging to the sanctioned russian company Lukoil until 19 September

21 Aug 2026

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A microcomputer from the US has been discovered in the new russian ‘Monochrom’ missile

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Specialists from the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine have identified an Nvidia Jetson Orin computer module in the new russian S-71 ‘Monochrom’ cruise missile

12 Aug 2026

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The US has sold two tankers from russia’s shadow fleet, which it seized in January, for scrap

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The US government has sold two oil tankers subject to sanctions, which were seized in January 2026, to a ship-breaking company

11 Aug 2026

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The US Senate has backed the ‘Graham Bill’ on sanctions against russia

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The US Senate has backed a bill imposing sanctions on russia, one of the co-authors of which was the late Senator Lindsey Graham

07 Aug 2026

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The US has imposed new sanctions against entities within the russian Ministry of Defence and russian companies

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The US has imposed further sanctions on a number of entities within the russian Ministry of Defence, two russian companies and five russian citizens

04 Aug 2026

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The US Senate has backed a bill imposing sanctions on russia in a procedural vote

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In a procedural vote, the US Senate backed a bill to impose tougher sanctions on russia and Iran

29 Jul 2026

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The Pentagon has blacklisted more than 30 russian universities and research centres

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The Pentagon has included more than 30 russian higher education institutions and research centres on its list of foreign organisations engaged in ‘problematic’ activities

24 Jul 2026

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Google Play has removed the russian apps VK, ‘Odnoklassniki’ and Mail.ru

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The Google Play app store has removed the russian services VK, Odnoklassniki, Zen, Mail.ru and Max

16 Jul 2026

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Details of Lindsey Graham’s proposal for sanctions against russia have been revealed in the US

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The US Senate has revealed details of the updated version of the late Lindsey Graham’s bill on sanctions against russia

15 Jul 2026

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The White House has approved a draft bill on sanctions against russia

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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has announced an agreement with the White House on a bill imposing sanctions on russia

10 Jul 2026

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Support for a new package of sanctions against russia is growing in the US Congress

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Support is growing in the US Congress for a new cross-party sanctions bill aimed at increasing pressure on russia

30 Jun 2026

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The US Treasury Department has launched an online portal for requests to lift sanctions

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OFAC has launched a ‘Decision Review Portal’ on its website, which will enable sanctioned individuals to submit applications for removal from blacklists online

30 Jun 2026

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In the US, a court has sentenced a woman involved in a scheme to supply equipment to russia in circumvention of sanctions to a prison term

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In the US, a court has sentenced an employee of a company that supplied industrial equipment illegally to the russian oil and gas sector to one and a half years’ imprisonment

26 Jun 2026

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Apple has removed russian social media apps from the App Store

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Apple has unilaterally and without warning removed all apps from the russian company VK from the App Store

25 Jun 2026

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The US Treasury Department has removed seven russian citizens from its sanctions lists

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The Ministry of Finance of the United States has removed seven russian nationals, two russian vessels and two Turkish companies from its sanctions lists

25 Jun 2026

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The US Senate wants to use russian assets to fund weapons for Ukraine

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A bipartisan group of senators has tabled a proposal to expand the scope for the use of russian assets

19 Jun 2026

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The US has not yet extended the exemptions from oil sanctions against russia

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As of Wednesday evening, the US Treasury Department had not announced an extension of the sanctions exemptions on russian oil

17 Jun 2026

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The US Secretary of State has wished russians a happy russia Day

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In his message, Marco Rubio expressed his hope for a prosperous future for the russian people and more constructive relations between the two countries

12 Jun 2026

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The US House of Representatives has passed a bill designed to prevent Western technology from being used in Iranian drones

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The US House of Representatives has approved a bill to prevent Western technology from being used in ‘Shahed’ UAVs deployed in the war in Ukraine and the Middle East

10 Jun 2026

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The US House of Representatives supported a bill on aid to Ukraine and sanctions against the russian federation

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The bill, which has yet to be passed by the US Senate, provides for the allocation of aid to Ukraine and the tightening of sanctions against russia

05 Jun 2026

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The US is considering the possibility of granting individual exemptions to countries for the purchase of russian oil

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The US Treasury Secretary has stated that future exemptions allowing countries to purchase oil from russia may be granted on a case-by-case basis

04 Jun 2026

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For the first time in eight years, a US government official will represent the country at Putin’s economic forum

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At the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Chair of the US Commission on the Fine Arts will be the keynote speaker at one of the sessions

03 Jun 2026

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OFAC fines FTI Consulting $1.05 million over prohibited dealings with russian state-owned Bank VTB

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FTI Consulting agreed to pay $1.05 million to settle potential civil liability for apparent violations of U.S. sanctions

01 Jun 2026

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The US has removed a russian tanker and 11 russian nationals from its sanctions lists

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The US Department of the Treasury has removed 76 obsolete entries from its sanctions lists, including a tanker and 11 russian nationals

29 May 2026

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The US has refused to grant visas to russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister and Iranian Minister Araghchi to attend the UN Security Council

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russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN stated that the US had refused to grant a visa to the Deputy Foreign Minister of russia, who was due to attend a meeting of the UN Se…

27 May 2026

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The US has officially asked Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland to lift sanctions on Belarusian potash

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The US has officially asked Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine to lift sanctions on Belarusian potash to allow it to be transported through their territories

22 May 2026

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