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U.S. Treasury announces new sanctions targeting Russian banks, warns foreign financial institutions from using Russian alternative...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has designated dozens of Russian banks including Gazprombank and issued an alert warning foreign financial institutions of the risk of U.S. sanction for...more

12/4/2024 / Banking Sector , Economic Sanctions , Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) , Foreign Policy , Foreign Relations , Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , SDN List , U.S. Treasury

U.S., EU, and UK expand sanctions to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Following the death of political activist Aleksey Navalny and to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States, EU and UK adopted a series of amendments to their respective economic sanctions...more

2/29/2024 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , Economic Sanctions , Export Administration Regulations (EAR) , Export Controls , Foreign Policy , Foreign Relations , General Licenses , Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , Russia , SDN List

New Russia sanctions target foreign financial institutions and imports of certain products

On December 22, 2023, President Biden issued a new Russia-related Executive Order (“EO”) targeting foreign financial institutions (“FFIs”) that support Russia’s military-industrial base. The new EO allows the U.S. government...more

1/11/2024 / Biden Administration , Economic Sanctions , Executive Orders , Financial Institutions , Foreign Financial Institutions (FFI) , Foreign Policy , Foreign Relations , Russia

OFAC Authorizes Transactions in Listed Sectors in Connection with Non-Regime Held Areas of Syria

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General License (“GL”) No. 22 on May 12, 2022, authorizing transactions that are ordinarily incident and necessary to activities that occur in specified, non-regime held...more

5/18/2022 / Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) , Economic Sanctions , Export Controls , Foreign Policy , Foreign Relations , General Licenses , Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) , SDN List , Syria

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