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<p>The UK plays a leading role in the development and implementation of sanctions
in the EU and the UN. Sanctions are always used as part of a broader political strategy
and are designed to change, coerce or send a political signal regarding particular
behaviour(s). Whilst linking behaviour change explicitly to sanctions can be challenging,
we have some evidence to suggest that sanctions on individuals can lead to their removal
from positions of power and reduce their ability to carry out harmful actions. Collective
sanctions through the UN or EU, for example the sanctions against the GRU officers
who carried out the attack in Salisbury last year, also send a strong political signal
that the EU condemns their behaviour.</p>
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