Sanctions

A legislator has submitted amendments to the Criminal Code of Russia that would classify non-cash services, such as...

Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has filed appeals with two European courts challenging sanctions the EU imposed...

After lengthy negotiations, BNP Paribas has pleaded guilty to violating US sanctions against Iran, Sudan, and Cuba, put in...

Custom officials in the port city of Bar have seized 250 kilograms of cocaine shipped from Ecuador. This is the largest drug...

A Spanish citizen belonging to Italy's 'Ndrangheta mafia has been arrested and four tons of cocaine seized in Colombia, in...

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) has filed an application in Norway to open an investigation into the 2009 death of...

Pavel Durov, the CEO of Russia’s most popular social media site Vkontake (VK), said on Monday that he was ousted by...

Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky died exposing a massive tax fraud perpetrated by Russian tax officials, well...

Russia won the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, after the International Olympic Committee voted in 2007. According to...

With an 81 percent vote for the resolution, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly voted Tuesday to introduce...

Extending the reach of the 2012 Magnitsky Act, US Senators have introduced a new bill that aims to block human rights...

Former Russian public official Lev Lvov has been fined $US 29 million for attempted bribe taking, reports the Russian Legal...