The Obama administration should impose additional sanctions on Russia in response to its support for secession in eastern Ukraine, said three Democratic senators on July 22, saying sanctions could help to prevent continued turmoil in the country. Russia is potentially culpable in the surface-to-air missile attack that downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 and killed nearly 300 people on July 17, along with efforts to conceal evidence in the days that followed the attack, added Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Carl Levin, D-Mich. “We strongly urge you to aggressively exercise your authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and other relevant statutes to impose immediate broad sanctions against Russia’s defense sector, including state-owned Rosboronexport, in order to prevent Russia from providing weaponry, equipment, or assistance and training to separatists in Ukraine,” said the letter.
Russia export controls and sanctions
The use of export controls and sanctions on Russia has surged since the country's invasion of Crimea in 2014, and especially its invasion of Ukraine in in February 2022. Similar export controls and sanctions have been imposed by U.S. allies, including the EU, U.K. and Japan. The following is a listing of recent articles in Export Compliance Daily on export controls and sanctions imposed on Russia:
On July 16 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security is amending the Export Administration Regulations to add 11 persons under 12 entries to the Entity List. The U.S. determined these individuals are acting contrary to U.S. national security or foreign policy interests. This final rule lists these individuals and entities on the Entity List under the destinations of Russia, Ukraine, and Crimea (Occupied). One individual is listed under multiple destinations. These changes to the Entity List take effect July 21, as follows:
On July 16 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added 20 new Russian and Ukrainian entries to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on July 16. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security followed up on the OFAC measure by adding 11 entities (here), also sanctioned by OFAC, to the Entity List. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said during a July 16 press conference hours before OFAC announced the sanctions the U.S. is prepared to “take the kind of steps” necessary to address turmoil in Ukraine.
On July 10 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on solid urea from Russia (A-821-801). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero-percent AD rate for MCC EuroChem. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of solid urea from EuroChem entered between July 2012 and June 2013 will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from EuroChem will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice.
The World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) will address the following items at the next DSB meeting on July 10:
On June 30 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices for June 30 (Note that some may also be given separate headlines.)