Sentence examples for place sanctions from inspiring English sources

It left in place sanctions aimed at the financial holdings of Belarussian officials.

Because of that, they had been unwilling to place sanctions against him, at least until yesterday.

After the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine, Western governments put in place sanctions against Russia.

Also in the region, the Security Council in December reinforced its previous decision to place sanctions on Liberia.

The United States has led an international effort to place sanctions on Iran for its unwillingness to cooperate with international inspections of its uranium enrichment program.

But the reforms, to take effect in the spring, would put in place sanctions for Afssaps committee members who fail to declare conflicts of interest.

With Americans placing sanctions on certain corrupt Russian bureaucrats, he wrote, Moscow strikes back by punishing its own orphans.

Other economists questioned the wisdom of placing sanctions on China, an important trade partner and the United States' largest government lender.

In 2009, the U.N. placed sanctions on Eritrea, for allegedly supporting al-Shabaab in order to undermine Ethiopia.

However, the agreement was placed on hold in 2014 when the United States placed sanctions on Russia following the latter's annexation of Crimea.

Japan is a paid-up member of the rich-world's G7 club, and has joined in placing sanctions on Russia over Ukraine.