sanctions
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In addition to the challenge of finding the appropriate music for a 1970s spy thriller set in Russia, “Ponies” music supervisor Kier Lehman couldn’t license any music from the country due to current international sanctions.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Official readouts and state media reports have not said whether Xi and Kim discussed North Korea's nuclear weapons development, for which Pyongyang languishes under international sanctions.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Treasury sanctions target the regime’s oil and gas revenue by restricting its access to cryptocurrency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
One is access to money, in the form of sanctions relief and the unfreezing of tens of billions of dollars from its oil revenues.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Despite the brutal, debilitating impact of these “collateral consequences” on the lives of those convicted of crimes, courts have generally declined to find that such sanctions are actually “punishment” for constitutional purposes.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
