UK unveils a major sanctions package with 70 new designations targeting Russia’s shadow fleet, supply chains and illicit finance networks to disrupt its war economy and weaken its invasion of Ukraine

by | Jun 16, 2026

The measures focus on disrupting oil and LNG exports, tightening pressure on shipping services and insurers, and dismantling GRU-linked procurement networks and third-country intermediaries across multiple jurisdictions, as part of coordinated G7 efforts to weaken...

U.S. DOS sanctions Cuba’s state-owned oil company CUPET, freezing assets and banning U.S. dealings over its role in the state-controlled energy sector, with secondary sanctions warnings for foreign firms

by | Jun 11, 2026

Officials allege the Cuban government misuses energy resources, prioritising state and elite use while ordinary citizens face fuel shortages and blackouts.  The action is linked to wider U.S. sanctions expansion targeting Cuban officials and entities under recent...