The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 22: "Focus on Iran: Protests, Sanctions and Oil"
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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. ...more
Contemporaneous with the European Union’s adoption of its 13th package of Russia sanctions, on February 23, 2024, the United States imposed sanctions against nearly 500 targets in continued response to Russia’s aggression...more
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
Since the outset of the Russian aggression in Ukraine, the Biden administration has issued incremental sanctions targeting various sectors of the Russian economy, aimed at curbing Russia's ability to wage war against Ukraine....more
New announcements and rules expand the scope of existing sanctions and export controls on Russia. This Client Alert is published in the context of ongoing developments and should be read in conjunction with the Latham’s...more
Broadening its response to Russia’s one-year-old assault on Ukraine, the United States announced additional export control and sanctions measures, effective February 24, 2023. These new measures expand restrictions on...more
In recognition of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)...more
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
On September 15, 2022, the United States imposed further export control and sanctions measures in response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Among the additional measures implemented are the following...more
New rules and announcements expand existing sanctions and export controls relating to Russia. This Client Alert is published in the context of ongoing developments and should be read in conjunction with the Latham &...more
As the conflict in Ukraine escalates, the United States and its allies continue to ramp up pressure against the Russian government with new, increasingly punitive sanctions and other economic measures. The latest wave of...more
Originally Published: February 25, 2022 – Updated: March 25, 2022 - U.S. economic sanctions against Russian interests have been building in response to the developing situation between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. ...more
In our February 25 alert, we discussed the U.S. implementation of significant sanctions and export controls on Russia which will severely impact business transactions with Russian entities. In our March 4 alert, we discussed...more
Originally Published: February 25, 2022 – Updated: March 15, 2022 U.S. economic sanctions against Russian interests have been building in response to the developing situation between the Russian Federation and Ukraine....more
Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has – as promised by US President Joseph R. Biden and other world leaders – provoked “unprecedented” economic sanctions against Russia. The United States, the United Kingdom, and the European...more
Over the last week, the U.S. government, in coordination with partner and allied countries, announced a series of unprecedented escalating sanctions targeting Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. These actions...more
The United States and the rest of the world are ramping up severe economic sanctions and export controls in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is an evolving situation, and it is important to monitor the...more
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Biden announced sanctions against Russia. Following an executive order issued on February 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...more
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine — and Belarus’s support of the invasion — the United States has unveiled a range of economic sanctions on Russia and Belarus over the past week that will impact every U.S....more
Background As noted in our prior update, the United States, European Union and United Kingdom imposed a number of sanctions in connection with Russia’s recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. ...more
U.S. economic sanctions against Russian interests have been building in response to the developing situation between the Russian Federation and Ukraine....more
Russia's Actions - On February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed two executive orders recognizing the DNR/LNR Regions as “sovereign and independent states.”...more
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine territories, the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, respectively, (hereinafter “DNR” and “LNR”), on February 21, 2022, President Biden issued a new Executive Order...more
On 9 November 2017, the Trump Administration implemented new regulations to support its change to U.S. policy on Cuba. The U.S. Government has created a new Cuba Restricted List administered by the State Department. Through...more