On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced new measures targeting Russia’s financial infrastructure, including:Continue Reading OFAC Tightens Russia Sanctions; BIS Cracks Down on Diversion
The EU is going extraterritorial, and it is doing so through private contract. It is a pretty neat trick.Continue Reading E(U)xterritoriality of EU Sanctions: The No Russia Clause
On June 23, 2023, the EU released its 11th package of sanctions on Russia. This package is designed to improve enforcement with new anti-circumvention rules, new trade restrictions, and new designations. The anti-circumvention rules are quite a novel aspect and could result in the first extraterritorial reach of European sanctions.Continue Reading The EU’s 11th Sanctions Package: The Long(er) Arm of the Law