4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (488+ words) Hungary just did something it avoided for the entire Russia-Ukraine war so far: expelling Russian diplomats. Ten members of Russia’s mission in Budapest have been ordered out over activities described as “unacceptable” under the Vienna Convention, and Moscow is promising…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (515+ words) Twelve countries moved from talk to action this week, confirming new trade restrictions on goods from Israeli settlements, with the UK going further and banning settlement imports outright. Israel responded within hours by shutting Britain’s consulate in East Jerusalem. Twelve…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (197+ words) Kaja Kallas says the EU is preparing to add 1,600 more names to its Russia sanctions list after Germany accused Moscow of a failed drone attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport, and that’s before any new travel restrictions on Russians are even…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (583+ words) Ninety-four banks frozen out. Thirty-three more added to the transaction ban. And for the first time, Brussels can now shut a country’s crypto sector out of the EU entirely if it keeps helping Russia dodge sanctions. On 23 July, the Council…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (376+ words) Five suspended general licenses expire in days; after that, a specific OFAC license is the only way to keep doing anything Iran-related that touches educational exchanges, remittances, conferences, sports, or academic programs. The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Operation Economic…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (591+ words) SanctionsX currently tracks 30,862 vessels across sanctions, export control, and maritime detention sources — including designated vessels under sanctions programs, ships flagged under Port State Control regimes like the Tokyo MoU and Paris MoU, and vessels linked to sanctions evasion patterns such…...