Sentence examples for put sanctions on from inspiring English sources

Yesterday Ukraine put sanctions on Konstatin Malofeev, a financier with links to two Russian rebel leaders.

Earlier this month, the White House threatened to put sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals.

In 2000, the UN put sanctions on Unita's leadership, at last making a real contribution to isolating him.

He intends to press the Security Council to put sanctions on countries or leaders involved in the illegal arms and diamond trade, as recommended by the panel.

The softening towards Burma is a dramatic reversal for the EU, which has put sanctions on 419 officials and more than 900 entities in protest at the regime's record of repression.

And if China wishes to pass technology on to rogue states like North Korea or to Pakistan, we should put sanctions on specific Chinese companies, particularly those controlled by the People's Liberation Army.

It can help in the margins by encouraging the opposition and putting sanctions on Mr Assad's regime.

Putting sanctions on organizations in Pakistan has not worked in the past, but sanctioning individuals has — as the nuclear proliferator Abdul Qadeer Khan could attest.

That has affected Iran, as well; in the past week, the European Union announced that it was putting sanctions on the secretive Al Quds wing of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, saying it was providing technical and material support for Syria's crackdown on demonstrators.

"It has an impact on all countries in terms of putting sanctions on another country," Cameron said.

"Western governments need to give money to the North Korean refugees living in Seoul who can distribute it to family members living back home--this way we can [ensure the safety] of the people on a grassroots level while putting sanctions on the regime".