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Trump Administration Declines to Issue Sanctions Related to Russia’s Military and Intelligence Sectors
Under Section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), the Trump administration was due to issue secondary sanctions on non-U.S. persons that conduct significant transactions with…
New OFAC designations signal continued U.S. sanctions pressure on Russia
Last week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) blacklisted 21 individuals and nine entities for various reasons, including involvement in the ongoing conflict in eastern…
U.S. Issues Enhanced Sanctions on Russian Energy Sector
As required under recent sanctions legislation, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently issued an updated Directive 4 that will expand sectoral sanctions on the Russian energy industry. The new…
Secondary Sanctions Targeting Russia’s Defense and Intelligence Sectors Move Closer to Implementation
Last Friday the State Department belatedly released a list of 39 Russian entities that operate as part of Russia’s defense and intelligence sectors (the full list is below). Congress required the Trump Administration…
U.S. Targets Chinese and Russians for North Korea Dealings
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 16 parties as Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) today, effectively seizing their assets in the United States, blocking them from doing business with U.S.…