PRESS RELEASES Treasury Escalates Sanctions Against the Russian Government’s Attempts to Influence U.S. Elections April 15, 2021 WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took sweeping action against 16 entities and 16 individuals who attempted to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election […]
Statement on SolarWinds Cyber Compromise April 15, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, today issued the following statement: “Today, […]
Press release Russia: UK exposes Russian involvement in SolarWinds cyber compromise The UK government has for the first time today exposed details of the SVR’s cyber programme. From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Published: 15 April 2021 The SVR is Russia’s civilian foreign intelligence service and is the successor organization […]
Press release Russia: UK and US expose global campaigns of malign activity by Russian intelligence services The UK and US share US concerns about malign activity by Russia and have attributed a cyber attack to the Russian intelligence service. From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP […]
PRESS RELEASES Treasury Sanctions Russian Persons in the Crimea Region of Ukraine April 15, 2021 OFAC takes action in partnership with the European Union, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated five individuals and three entities […]
PRESS RELEASES Treasury Escalates Sanctions Against the Russian Government’s Attempts to Influence U.S. Elections 294April 15, 2021 WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took sweeping action against 16 entities and 16 individuals who attempted to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election […]
PRESS RELEASES Treasury Sanctions Russia with Sweeping New Sanctions Authority April 15, 2021 WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury took multiple sanctions actions under a new Executive Order (E.O.) targeting aggressive and harmful activities by the Government of the Russian Federation. Treasury’s actions include the implementation of […]
Press release UK announces further sanctions on Myanmar military-linked companies Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has announced further measures targeting the Myanmar regime today and a boost to funding for evidence gathering of violations From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP Published: 1 April 2021 Foreign Secretary […]
Press release Foreign Secretary statement on China sanctions The Foreign Secretary has issued a statement on China’s decision to sanction nine UK citizens. From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP Published: 26 March 2021 Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: It speaks volumes that, while the UK […]
Canada joins international partners in imposing new sanctions in response to human rights violations in Xinjiang March 22, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada Today, Canada announced it is imposing new sanctions against 4 officials and 1 entity under the Special Economic Measures (People’s Republic of China) Regulations, based […]
