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LNB news: Sanctions on Russia—MLex Special Report

30 May 2022
Categories: Legal News , International
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The world acted quickly when the conflict in Ukraine started in February 2022

Lexis®Library update: Three months on, sanctions, embargoes and fast-tracked legislation have piled up, but with notable gaps and differences between countries. MLex has published a special report examining how the measures stack up in practice.

This Special Report, includes articles on:

• Financial services industry sidesteps Ukraine fallout but remains in high alert

• Choking off ‘the main artery’—sanctions vice on Sbernank keeps tightening

• Legislative fast track sees new UK laws and EU plans to go after Russian interests

• Professional services ‘enablers’ squeezed as US and UK target Russia’s middlemen

• How exemptions are used to avoid counterproductive collateral damage

• Commodity trade controls spark European soul-searching on energy future

Source: The Price of Putin's War

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 27 May 2022 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/

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