• Policy

        • Australia

        • 2014

        Russia Sanctions Regime

        Australia has announced various sanctions on Russia following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Sanctions were first introduced in 2014 and later upgraded in 2015, 2022, and 2023. The measures announced in 2014 were specifically related to designated and declared persons and entities, while the measures introduced in 2022 included restrictions on the import, purchase or transport of certain commodities, such as oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, coal, aluminium ores, alumina and related products, as well as other energy-related products. 

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        • United States

        • 2014

        Russia-related sanctions

        …following the Russian annexation of Crimea, the United States (US) enforced a package of economic sanctions and restrictions on energy-related equipment and technology. This first package of measures included, amongst other restrictions, sanctions on two major banks (Gazprombank and VEB) and energy companies (Novatek and Rosneft), as well as a ban on the provision of critical technologies and equipment required by the Russian oil sector, including those enabling deepwater and Arctic oil exploration and production and shale oil projects in Russia. This first set of measures were extended until Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. A second set…

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        • Switzerland

        • 2022

        Measures related to the situation in Ukraine

        In 2022, Switzerland implemented sanctions similar to those enacted by the European Union against Russia and Belarus. Lignite and coal imports from Russia are banned, as well as Swiss exports to Russia of intermediary industrial products as robots and certain chemicals. In addition, public financial support for entities owned or controlled by the Russian State is prohibited, as well as trust registration in Switzerland on behalf of Russian nationals or natural or legal persons established in Russia. 

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        • New Zealand

        • 2022

        Russia Sanctions Act 2022

        In 2022, New Zealand announced a range of sanctions and trade measures against Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The sanctions include export and import prohibitions as well as a 35% tariff on all Russian imports into New Zealand. Export prohibitions are also applied to energy products such as ammonia, photovoltaic cells not assembled and other photosensitive semiconductor devices, hydrogen, primary cells and primary batteries of manganese dioxide, heat pumps, among other products. 

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        • United Kingdom

        • 2022

        UK ban on Russian oil

        The UK prohibits the import, purchase, provision, and transportation of Russian oil and its derivatives, along with related support services from December 5, 2022. 

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        • Uzbekistan

        • 1996

        Ukraine - Uzbekistan Free Trade Agreement

        The Uzbekistan - Ukraine Free Trade Agreement aims to foster economic and trade relations between the two countries by eliminating tariffs and other trade barriers on all traded goods.

        • Policy

        • European Union

        • 2022

        RePowerEU Plan

        The REPowerEU Plan was elaborated by the European Commission at EU leaders' request, in response to the energy market disruption and supply disruptions brought by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  The Plan notably aims at rapidly reducing the EU's dependence on Russian fossil fuels by accelerating Member States clean energy transition. It outlines a series of measures to save energy, diversify supplies, accelerate the rollout of renewables, reduce fossil fuel consumption in industry and transport, and induce "smart investments". It also includes policy options to limit electricity and gas price surges, and regulate gas storage filling. It states that…

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        • European Union

        • 2014

        Restrictive measures against Russia

        …23 June 2023)End of possibility to import Russian oil by pipeline for Germany and Poland (23 June 2023)Export restrictions on coal (5 October 2022) and import ban on all forms of Russian coal ( 8 Apr 2022)Import ban on Russian finished and semi-finished steel products, machinery and appliances (5 October 2022)Implementation of G7 oil price cap 5 October 2022)Implementation of oil import restrictions including an embargo on the imports of crude oil and refined oil products from Russia (3 June 2022) Prohibition of future investments in, and exports to, LNG projects under construction in Russia…

        • Policy

        • Ukraine

        • 2024

        Action plan to overcome the crisis situation in the oil and petroleum products market of Ukraine

        The list of measures to overcome a crisis situation at the emergency level includes among others demand-side measures like speed limits and sales restrictions.

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        • Ukraine

        • 2016

        Law of Ukraine On the natural gas market

        In the event of an emergency situation, the National Action Plan identifies market and non-market based measures to be implemented, including the use of gas from strategic reserves, the compulsory use of alternative fuel reserves, the compulsory use of electricity generated from sources other than natural gas.

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