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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

EU Targets Russia’s Energy, Financial and Defense Sectors in 18th Sanctions Package

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- What is new: The EU adopted its 18th sanctions package against Russia and Belarus, imposing asset freezes on 55 additional individuals and entities, expanding sectoral sanctions and introducing new restrictions targeting...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Biden Administration Adds Sanctions Against Foreign Financial Institutions Supporting Russia’s Military-Industrial Base

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As the February 2022 Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine approaches its second anniversary and as Russia has increasingly turned to covert relationships with third country providers to avoid U.S., European Union and other...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OFAC sanctions arms facilitator for attempted deals between North Korea and Russia

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On March 30, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions, pursuant to Executive Order 13551, against a Slovakian national for attempting to facilitate arms deals between Russia...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Recent U.S. Sanctions Designations Create Additional Risks for Companies Doing Business with Venezuela

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• OFAC recently added a Moscow-based Russian-Venezuelan joint venture bank, Evrofinance Mosnarbank (“Evrofinance”), to the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the “SDN List”) for engaging in sanctions...more

The Volkov Law Group

New Sanctions Law Complicates Trade Compliance

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Politics and sanctions law go hand-in-hand. In a rare instance of bi-partisanship, Congress united to constrain the administration’s ability to modify the existing sanctions program against Russia. At the same time, Congress...more

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