Sentence examples for sidestep sanctions from inspiring English sources

In the past the Dubai gold market has been used by Turkey to sidestep sanctions on Iran, allowing it to avoid using American dollars.

Yet that never stopped Turkey from helping Iran sidestep sanctions over its nuclear program by using gold to buy Iranian gas.

On a practical level, South Ossetia has allowed Russia to create its own rules and discrete financial channels to help sustain separatist economies and sidestep sanctions.

The attack killed at least nine people, including five foreigners, one of them American.The luxury Corinthia hotel, which is Maltese-owned, had somehow managed to sidestep sanctions and wars.

The group has surprisingly extensive contacts among rebel commanders of the Free Syrian Army, a rare license from the Department of Treasury allowing it to sidestep sanctions and a conviction that the assistance the administration has so far offered Syrians — mainly communications equipment — is simply not enough to defeat Mr. Assad.

The U.S. vice president demanded that Britain, France and Germany "stand by us" and quit their efforts to help Tehran sidestep American sanctions.

The consensus among experts I've spoken to is that Trump and some of his advisers may well have preferred to sidestep these sanctions and roll back others, especially those targeting Russia and Russian individuals.

Since 1993, similar ventures between the U.S. and Pakistani militaries have also sidestepped earlier sanctions by Washington designed to punish the country for its nuclear program.

City manager Manuel Pellegrini sidestepped the sanctions issue at a news conference on Tuesday.

Emails leaked last year, however, showed that the couple sidestepped international sanctions in order to buy items such as clothes, designer shoes, furniture, a fondue set and apps and music from the iTunes store.

Some analysts suggested that the desire of Europeans to sidestep truly forceful sanctions to protect their economies should not be underestimated.