The sanctions target a total of 12 individuals and 37 entities, add new export restrictions, and implement the G7 ban on Russian diamonds.
March 4, 2024Russia's internet censorship agency and its chairperson were sanctioned, along with two judges and a prosecutor.
January 31, 2024US-based CoinList Markets processed 989 transactions on behalf of users in the Crimea region in violation of OFAC sanctions regulations.
December 14, 2023The DOJ has requested information about how Credit Suisse and UBS handled the accounts of sanctioned clients in recent years.
September 28, 2023The EU Council said Russia's judiciary is "not independent" and is "used to systematically and severely violate the human rights of individuals opposed to the ruling regime".
September 13, 2023Swedbank Latvia sent send payments to persons in Crimea through US correspondent banks in violation of OFAC sanctions.
June 23, 2023“While this represents the United States’ first transfer of forfeited Russian funds for the rebuilding of Ukraine, it will not be the last," said Attorney General Merrick Garland.
May 15, 2023Microsoft's Russia-based employees ordered software licenses in the names of parties not on the Entity List, to be used by designated persons.
April 10, 2023The former FBI agent conspired with a former Russian diplomat to help Oleg Deripaska have his sanctions removed.
January 27, 2023Three Turkish state banks will stop using the Mir system in response to guidance issued by OFAC earlier this month. Two others stopped last week.
September 30, 2022