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Congress Readies Sweeping Bipartisan Sanctions Bill Targeting Russia and Its Trading Partners

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In response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have introduced legislation aimed at penalizing Russia through the imposition of sanctions and other economic measures. The...more

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Russia/Ukraine Sanctions Update - Month of April 2025

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I. U.S. SANCTIONS  - White House Reportedly Considering Lifting Sanctions on Russian Energy Assets: On April 23, Politico reported that the White House is debating lifting sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas...more

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Russia/Ukraine Sanctions Update - Month of January 2025

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I.  US SANCTIONS - U.S. Department of the Treasury Takes Action Against Russian Efforts to Evade U.S. Sanctions: On January 15, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated...more

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Russia/Ukraine Crisis: U.S. Targets Russia’s Energy Industry

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On January 10, 2025, the United States announced (another) major sanctions package targeting Russia, potentially representing the Biden administration’s last and best effort to strengthen Ukraine’s negotiating position in...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Putin Faces Risks His Energy Holdings Cannot Prevent?

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As the Ukraine war progresses toward its third winter, Russian President Vladimir Putin finds himself besieged on numerous fronts. During the first 30 months of this conflict, Putin used his vast energy resources to hedge...more

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New Russia Sanctions Target Foreign Financial Institutions, Expand Import Bans

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On December 22, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14114, imposing significant new economic sanctions against Russia to address the ongoing national security threat posed by the country’s invasion of Ukraine...more

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New U.S. Sanctions Target Russia's Industrial Base, Additional Financial Institutions, and Technology Suppliers

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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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Russia sanctions update - June 2023

On May 19, 2023, the Biden Administration along with leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), unveiled a new package of sanctions. The G7 leaders released a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to offer “the financial,...more

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Enhanced Global Russian Sanctions and Export Controls to Counter Circumvention

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On May 19, in response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the United States, in coordination with allies and partners, announced new sanctions restrictions and export controls targeting Russia’s evasion networks,...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] European Forum on Global Economic Sanctions - June 1st - 2nd, Berlin, Germany

Hosted by C5 Group, the European Forum on Global Economic Sanctions is recognized as Europe's Premier, longstanding gathering for financial institutions and global exporters. The industry across Europe is confronting an...more

K2 Integrity

Sanctions Against Russia: The Week in Review - April 2022 - 2

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The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-profit sectors from our regular reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia. This week, we reviewed the recent...more

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Biden Administration Rolls Out New Tranche of Sanctions on Russia Blocking Major Russian Banks and Elites and Prohibiting New...

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On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, the U.S. Government, in concert with the G7 and European Union, took significant additional sanctions actions against Russia “to impose severe and immediate economic costs on the Putin regime for...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.S. and Multilateral Russia-related Trade Policy and Import Restrictions

Key Points - The United States and its allies are banning imports or increasing tariffs on Russia’s top products—crude oil, petroleum, petroleum fuels, oils, liquefied natural gas, coal, fish, seafood, alcohol,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Executive Order Targeting Russian Energy Sector Has Immediate Effect on Shipping Industry

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In the past week, the White House has launched additional salvos of sanctions against the Russian Federation in response to its continued efforts to undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. This Holland...more

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US Blocks More Russian Elites, Imposes Import Restrictions on Energy & More, Adds Export Controls on Luxury Goods

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Watch Out, More Things Are Luxury Than You Think! On March 11, 2022, the President issued Executive Order 14068 (EO 14068) Prohibiting Certain Imports, Exports, and New Investment with Respect to Continued Russian...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

US Bans Russian Oil Imports and Restricts Investment in Russia’s Energy Sector

On March 8, 2022, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14066, which bans the import of Russian oil, gas and other energy products into the United States and imposes sweeping prohibitions on new U.S. investment in...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Russia and Belarus Sanctions Update – March 11, 2022

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I. Biden Administration Import and Investment Ban Related to Russian Energy - On March 8, 2022, the Biden administration announced its widely anticipated ban on the import of Russian oil and other energy-related...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Ukraine Crisis: New US Sanctions on Russia and Belarus

In this alert, our trade and sanctions team provides an update on the latest sanctions following our February 24, 2022, alert. In the interim, the United States has imposed new sanctions on Russia and Belarus in response to...more

Venable LLP

Update: President Biden Targets Russian Energy Sector

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This is part of a series of advisory alerts from Venable in response to the ongoing situation in Ukraine. Earlier alerts on Russia and Ukraine sanctions are available here....more

Husch Blackwell LLP

OFAC Imposes “First Tranche” of Russia Sanctions Aimed at Russian Banks and Oligarchs

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On February 22, 2022, one day after the Russian Federation formally recognized the Donetsk People’s Republic (“DNR”) and Luhansk People’s Republic (“LNR”) of Ukraine as “independent states” and the Biden Administration...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Possible International Trade Consequences of Further Escalation of Conflict in Ukraine

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For months, the Biden administration and the governments of U.S. allies around the world have raised concerns about Russian actions in the region. In the same breath, those governments have warned of massive, coordinated...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Trump Administration Sets Approach to Implementation of New Russia Sanctions

In recent weeks, the U.S. government has taken a number of significant steps to implement sanctions on Russia under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), which President Donald Trump signed into...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Implementing CAATSA - OFAC Issues Amended Russian-Related Sectoral Sanctions Under Directives 1 and 2

On September 29, 2017, OFAC modified Directives 1 and 2 of Executive Order 13662 to reduce the permissible maturity for new debt issued by Russian financial and energy entities designated under these directives, as well as...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - May 2015

Welcome to the May 2015 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. This month on the anticorruption front, a German engineering firm tests Brazil's recently implemented anticorruption...more

Baker Donelson

Update: U.S. Ramps Up Ukraine-Related Sanctions Yet Again

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On December 19th, President Obama signed Executive Order (EO) 13685 specifically targeting Crimea and those responsible for the usurpation of the peninsula back in March. This latest EO was the forth in a series aimed at...more

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