Ex-Russian politician found guilty in UK sanctions and money-laundering trial

UK jails former Russia minister for 40 months for violating sanctions

Dmitrii Ovsiannikov is the first person convicted of violating sanctions put in place after the illegal annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.

Guilty of six counts of sanctions evasion and two counts of possession or use of property constituting proceeds of crime

U.K. Jails Russian Ex-Minister in First Sanctions Breach Case

A former Russian minister and ally of President Vladimir Putin was sentenced Friday to 40 months in prison by a British court for breaching U.K. sanctions — the first conviction of its kind.

Former Russian minister jailed for UK sanctions breaches

Dmitrii Ovsiannikov was previously found guilty of six out of seven counts of circumventing sanctions between February 2023 and January 2024.

Legal Precedents and Personal Exceptions: How Sanctions Lists Are Losing Their Former Rigidity

Amid the ongoing confrontational rhetoric between Russia and the West, there is an increasing number of instances in which individuals targeted by sanctions achieve exemptions—not for political reasons, but as a result of painstaking legal work. While the political agenda remains unchanged, a growing trend in the legal sphere demonstrates that sanctions are not a […] The post Legal Precedents and Personal Exceptions: How Sanctions Lists Are Losi…