UK TO CLAMP DOWN ON SANCTIONS LOOPHOLES USED BY WAGNER GROUP HEAD

On 30 March, the Guardian reported that ministers have tightened sanctions rules to avoid a repeat of a recent controversy in which lawyers acting for the head of the Wagner group obtained an exemption from curbs to sue a British journalist.  The government will change the way it decides whether to grant licences for sanctioned individuals to use frozen money for legal cases.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/mar/30/government-to-clamp-down-on-sanctions-exemptions-used-by-wagner-group-head

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/government-new-sanctions-rules-yevgeny-prigozhin-stop-libel-russia-warlord-sue-eliot-higgins-journalist/https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KoIvM842y

Author: raytodd2017

Chartered Legal Executive and former senior manager with Isle of Man Customs and Excise, where I was (amongst other things) Sanctions Officer (for UN/EU sanctions), Export Licensing Officer and Manager of the Legal-Library & Collectorate Support Section

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