UK leads way in disrupting shadowy Russian sanctions evasion network

Chancellor ramps up pressure on Kremlin-backed networks linked to Iranian regime as he attends first G20 in North Carolina. Healey to say allies must step up international cooperation to ‘cut off the financial networks that fuel Russia aggression’ First ever industry-wide alert issued exposing methods of Russia’s notorious A7 network and penalties upped for those involved in sanctions breaches The Chancellor has called on allies to step up their pressure on Russia, as he sets out new actions to stop Putin evading sanctions to fund his illegal war. The Chancellor has used his first international meetings with counterparts to build an international coalition to target covert Russian networks funding Putin’s illeg