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Following the full declaration of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which started on 24 February 2022, institutions such as the United States, the European Union, [1] and other Western countries [2] introduced or significantly expanded sanctions covering Russian President Vladimir Putin, other government members [3] and Russian citizens in general.
On 6 March 2014, U.S. president Barack Obama, invoking, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act, signed an executive order declaring a national emergency and ordering sanctions, including travel bans and the freezing of U.S. assets, against not-yet-specified individuals who had "asserted governmental authority in the Crimean region without ...
Switzerland, although not an EU member, mirrored the Union's sanctions, [23] a historic deviation from the country's stance of semi-complete political and wartime neutrality, citing a "serious violation of the most fundamental norms of international law within the scope of its political room for manoeuver."
Vladimir Putin’s forces are using “food terrorism” as a weapon of war in Ukraine, leaving millions facing famine in east Africa, Parliament heard on Thursday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday discussed ways to help ease the international food crisis, with the Kremlin saying this could be done only if ...
Sanctions introduced after Vladimir Putin launched his war in Ukraine are affecting the price of Russia's traditional new year dish, the Olivier Salad. ... according to an NBC News analysis. While ...
In addition, all new corporate deals between Russian companies and entities in countries on the unfriendly countries list had to seek approval from a government commission. [14] Putin announced several weeks later that Russia would only accept the ruble as payment for Russia's natural gas exports to countries on the unfriendly countries list. [15]
Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the UK and Switzerland signed a continuity trade agreement on 11 February 2019, based on the EU trade agreements; the agreement entered into force on 3 May 2021. [6] [7] Trade value between Switzerland and the United Kingdom was worth £53,551 million in 2022. [8]