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President Continues Russia HEU Sanctions for Another Year

The President has issued a notice that he is continuing for one year the national emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation, as…

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declared in Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000. EO 13159 blocks property and interests in property of the Russian Government in the U.S. or in the possession or control of U.S. persons that are directly related to the implementation of the agreement between the U.S. and Russia concerning the disposition of highly enriched uranium extracted from nuclear weapons, and related contracts and agreements (collectively, the HEU Agreements). The President's letter to Congress is available here.