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During 18-19 July 2025, the EU unveiled its 18th “package” of sanctions launched against Russia since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Among these measures, the EU seeks to close an apparent loophole by which...more
In its continuing response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia and Belarus. This alert summarizes...more
As I predicted might happen in a previous article, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stopped Russia from exporting oil and natural gas pumped in Russia through pipelines traversing Ukraine to Austria, Hungary and other...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
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
Last week saw scenes of chaos never before seen in the Middle East, which is saying something given the history of that region. In Israel, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate, block roads,...more
On 25 February 2023, the EU adopted its tenth sanctions package against Russia. More industrial, high-tech and aviation goods are now banned for export to Russia, while Russian bitumen and related materials, synthetic rubber...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
This update outlines the actions taken by U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Feb. 24, 2023, the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation (Russia)....more
The Biden Administration continues to place pressure on Russia, and on Feb. 24, 2023, marked the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine with additional sanctions, export controls and tariffs. These new policies...more
Womble Bond Dickinson’s Houston office hosted a panel event - “Navigating the Complexities of Energy Transition: Balancing Energy Security with Net Zero Goals” – which featured discussions with energy industry executives. One...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
As an update to an earlier Holland & Knight alert on the same topic, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has published another determination pursuant to Executive Order 14071 expanding...more
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
OFAC’s guidance is intended to ease the burden on an otherwise difficult compliance problem. Companies have to act in good faith to avoid transacting business involving Russian crude oil that has been sold above the $60 per...more
The G-7, the European Union and Australia officially announced a price cap on Russian oil, which includes service and shipping restrictions on oil originating from the Russian Federation and trading above $60 per barrel. ...more
With energy markets already in tumult partly because of events in Ukraine and Iran, not to mention the OPEC production cut, another area of the world is now being convulsed by energy issues, with the prospect of natural gas...more
The EU has issued its eighth “package” of sanctions measures on Russia. Meanwhile, US agencies have issued guidance on “secondary” sanctions enforcement, designated additional SDNs, and restricted further exports to Russia —...more
On February 21, 2022, Russia formally recognized the purported independence of two regions in Eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk. The next day it ordered Russian troops into the separatist-occupied territories, and the...more
The best statesmen understand what less worldly and less experienced people often overlook: Wars are mainly political and economic endeavors, and they involve the use of brute force to obtain political and/or economic...more
I read a very informative essay recently in Foreign Affairs magazine, titled “When Trade Leads to War: China, Russia and the Limits of Interdependence”, by Dale Copeland. It examines the Russian invasion of Ukraine and...more
The US continues to ramp up sanctions pressure on Russia, now emphasizing Russian efforts to evade US export controls and obligations of financial institutions to police Russian efforts at sanctions and export controls...more