In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia. This alert summarizes key economic sanctions imposed by...more
1/25/2024
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In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia. This alert summarizes key economic sanctions imposed by...more
12/14/2023
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Current as of June 29, 2023 -
This update discusses the May 19, 2023 and subsequent actions taken by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in response to the continued aggression of...more
6/30/2023
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Economic Sanctions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
General Licenses ,
Magnitsky Act ,
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Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
UK ,
Ukraine
This update addresses the full implementation of the price cap policy for crude oil and petroleum products of Russian origin by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). On Feb. 3, OFAC...more
2/21/2023
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UPDATE – December 2022 was another busy month for Entity List additions by BIS.
Effective Dec. 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) further tightened controls on the Wagner...more
1/19/2023
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Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Ukraine
This update includes the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) recent actions regarding the Russian seaborne oil price cap policy aimed at maintaining the supply of Russian oil to the...more
1/11/2023
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Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Ukraine ,
US Department of State
In response to the Russian Federation’s (Russia) egregious and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach in imposing sanctions and export...more
10/26/2022
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CAATSA ,
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Exports ,
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Imports ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
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Ukraine