Sanctions on a Russian hosting provider and Strasbourg's border cases
A look back at two international developments recorded on 11 February 2025, one on cybercrime sanctions and one on migrant pushbacks at the Belarus border.
What happened on 11 February 2025 beyond the day's main headlines? Two developments stood out: a joint sanctions move by three allies and a decision by Europe's human rights court to take up migrant cases.
On that date, 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 measures also targeted two Russians who were operating the network.
The same day, the European Court of Human Rights said it would consider three cases linked to the Belarus–European Union border crisis. The cases involve irregular migrants who allege that they were pushed back across the border into Belarus from EU countries.
The two announcements were unrelated in subject, but both showed international institutions and governments acting on issues that cross borders: one through coordinated sanctions, the other through the court's examination of individual complaints.
