Find useful documents about how the Russia sanctions system is managed and helpful guidance for complying.
Publications
- CAS Russia Sanctions Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2026 [PDF 351 KB]
- Russia Sanctions Amendment Regulations No 3 2026 – CAS summary of assessment [PDF 193 KB]
- Report of the Statutory Review of the Russia Sanctions Act 2022 (June 2025) [PDF 2.9 MB]
- A Review of the Russian Sanctions Regulatory Framework [PDF 1 MB]
- Russia Sanctions Regulatory Charter [PDF 1.3 MB]
- Post Implementation Review: Russia Sanctions Act 2022 and Russia Sanctions Regulations 2022 [PDF 3.4 MB]
Guidance notes
- Guidance note: Trade Measures (August 2026) [PDF 627 KB]
- Guidance Note: Banking Transactions (August 2026) [PDF 661 KB]
- Guidance Note: Change to Associates and Relatives (August 2026) [PDF 430 KB]
- Guidance Note: Prohibition on Sanctions Evasion and Circumvention (August 2026) [PDF 384 KB]
- Guidance Note: Duty holder reporting under the Act (August 2026) [PDF 576 KB]
- Guidance note: Permitted activities including exemptions (August 2026) [PDF 580 KB]
- Guidance note: Russian energy products (August 2026) [PDF 543 KB]
- Guidance note: Understanding evasion risk and due diligence in the Russia sanctions context (August 2026) [PDF 651 KB]
- Guidance Note: Sanctions evasion red flags (August 2026) [PDF 476 KB]
- Guidance note: Prohibited services for maritime transport of Russian oil (updated February 2026) [PDF 430 KB]
- Guidance Note for the Wine Industry (February 2026) [PDF 334 KB]
- Guidance Note: Iran Sanctions (February 2026) [PDF 322 KB]
- Guidance for the Transport Sector on Sanctioned Aircraft and Ships (updated June 2025) [PDF 195 KB]
- Oil Price Cap Coalition – Recommendations for Implementing the Oil Price Cap (October 2024) [PDF 222 KB]
- Guidance Note: Notifying a customer of asset freeze or blocked transaction (May 2024) [PDF 111 KB]
- Guidance Note: Update to Exporters (July 2022) [PDF 114 KB]
- Guidance Note: Export prohibitions on dual use items (April 2022) [PDF 1.1 MB]
- Guidance for AMLCFT Supervisors (March 2022) [PDF 429 KB]
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