Sanctions against Russia
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5.3 Syria
In coordination with the EU, the UK Government has also sanctioned one
Syrian company and several individuals linked to the pro-government militia
group, The National Defence Forces, for recruiting Syrian mercenaries to fight
alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Press release, 26 July 2022 and HM Treasury,
Financial Sanctions Notice, 26 July 2022
13 Further reading: Are sanctions making a difference?
• International Trade Committee, Inquiry into the UK's trade sanctions on
Russia, ongoing
• Stanford University, The International Working Group on Russian
Sanctions
• "Russian oil finds 'wide open' back door to Europe, critics say", Politico,
21 March 2023
• "Alexei Navalny's chief of staff says personal sanctions need rethinking",
The Economist (subscription only), 14 March 2023
• US Department of the Treasury, Fact Sheet: Disrupting and degrading -
one year of US sanctions on Russia and its enablers, February 2023
• "Russia's economy shrinks by less than expected", BBC News, 20
February 2023
• "Western sanctions didn't stop the war: Were they worth it?", Politico, 20
February 2023
• "Walking the talk: Threats and ambiguity in Western sanctions on
Russia", RUSI Commentary, 3 February 2023
• Council of the European Union, Infographic: Impact of sanctions on the
Russian economy, 16 December 2022
• "Putin aims to fund war machine with shadow oil fleet", The Times, 6
December 2022
• "Why sanctions aren't working against Russia – yet", NPR, 6 December
2022
• "Zelenskyy calls West's Russian oil cap 'weak'", BBC News, 3 December
2022
• "Sanctions on Russia are working. Here's why", Foreign Policy, 1
December 2022
• Beyond the headlines: The real impact of Western sanctions on Russia,
Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, 16 November 2022
• "China becomes top exporter to Russia as sanctions hit Moscow's trade
with EU", The Financial Times, 7 November 2022
• "Are the sanctions against Russia working?", Chatham House, 30
September 2022
