Treasury Adds More Sanctions Over Ukraine Conflict
The Treasury Department leveled another batch of Ukraine-related sanctions against a number of individuals and two companies on March 11, in accordance with President Barack Obama’s Executive Order 13660 (here). Secretary of State John Kerry threatened more sanctions in late February, after the U.S. accused Russia of continuing to fuel conflict in Ukraine in the face of a ceasefire accord (see 1502220005). Assistant State Secretary Victoria Nuland told Congress on March 10 Russia and Ukrainian separatists are maintaining a “reign of terror” in the Crimean region and eastern Ukraine, even as the Ukrainian conflict moves further into its second year (here). Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control blocked property for the following individuals and added them to the Specially Designated Nationals List (Treasury didn’t list nationalities for several of the individuals):
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- Abisov, Sergei (Ukraine)
- Arbuzov, Serhiy (Former First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine)
- Azarov, Mykola Yanovych (Former Prime Minister of Ukraine)
- Bohatyriova, Raisa Vasylivna (Russia)
- Dugin, Aleksandr
- Gubareva, Ekaterina
- Ivakin, Yuriy Vladimirovich
- Kanishchev, Pavel
- Karaman, Aleksandr (Russia)
- Khodakovskyy, Oleksandr Sergeyevich (Ukraine)
- Kovalenko, Andrey
- Kozyura, Oleg Grigorievich (Head of the Office of the Federal Migration Service in Sevastopol, Crimea)
- Lyagin, Roman (Ukraine)
- Zdriliuk, Serhii Anatoliyovych (Ukraine)
The following entities have also been added to OFAC's SDN List:
- Eurasian Youth Union (Russia)
- Russian National Commercial Bank (Russia)