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Sanctions and border cases: 12 February 2025
Summary
A look back at two developments reported on 11 February 2025 that reached into Russia's online infrastructure and the Belarus–EU border.
What did the reports on the eve of 12 February 2025 show about pressure on Russia and Belarus? Two separate developments, both announced on 11 February 2025, pointed to action through sanctions and through the courts.
Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced sanctions on a Russian bulletproof hosting services provider. The provider was accused of ignoring law enforcement requests. The three countries also targeted two Russians who were operating the network.
The same day, the European Court of Human Rights said it would consider three cases connected to the Belarus–European Union border crisis. They involve irregular migrants who allegedly were pushed back into Belarus from EU countries.
The two items were unrelated in subject. Both, however, showed institutions outside Russia and Belarus responding to conduct linked to those countries: one through a coordinated sanctions step by three governments, the other through a court agreeing to examine allegations about border practices.
