Key takeaways:

• Ban on maritime transport of Russian LNG, including third-country trades, with limited, time-bound exceptions and licensing arrangements.

• Expanded ship sanctions regime introducing wide-ranging prohibitions on services (e.g. technical, chartering, insurance) for specified vessels; scope now includes LNG and coal shipments.

• New UK import ban on refined oil products derived from Russian crude processed in third countries, with exemptions for diesel and jet fuel.

• Further trade restrictions introduced across industrial goods, chemicals, metals, and advanced technologies (including AI, quantum and semiconductors), with wind-down to 20 November 2026.

• Prohibition on construction services to persons connected with Russia, extending existing professional services restrictions.

• New restriction on transport assets, prohibiting acquisition linked to detained assets, designated persons, or Russia-connected parties.

• New prohibition on the import, acquisition and cross‑trade supply of Russian uranium and related services, subject to narrow exceptions.