The latest wave of sanctions does not bring qualitative changes—their impact on the Russian economy and its relations with foreign partners is ... ... target of US blocking sanctions. The structure of the sectoral coverage of blocking sanctions has remained virtually unchanged.
Secondary sanctions against a number of companies from third countries cooperating with Russia can be considered equally common....
.... Even businesses in Russia-friendly jurisdictions are forced to take the threat of secondary sanctions seriously—that is, being added to the list of blocked persons... ... which actively participate in global trade and financial relations.
Stringent blocking sanctions targeting Russia were first introduced in 2014. Since the start of the Special... ... blocked by Executive Order No. 14024 of April 15, 2021 alone is approaching two thousand. This figure does not include those assets in which already-blocked persons hold...
Such sanctions are unlikely to ensure the blockade of Russia desired by the Western initiators. This was not achieved even with respect ... ... Commerce.
We are talking, first of all, about electronics. The number of trade items banned for delivery to Russia is in the thousands, but these nine positions are the priority. Blocking sanctions on the grounds of violation of export controls will be introduced ...
... export controls.
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Common to many criminal cases is that the basis for the accusatory documents is the electronic correspondence of the participants in the transaction, as well as signals to the authorities ... ..., which were contacted by the accused Russian citizens and their partners.
Along with criminal cases, the number of cases of secondary sanctions, that is, blocking financial sanctions for transactions in favour of previously blocked persons, is also growing. Since the beginning of 2023, the US Treasury ...
... companies
Since February 2022, the Western states have rapidly tightened their policy of sanctions against Russia, which has become the undisputed leader in the number of restrictive... ... Group
in 2018 were fined in 2018.
This is partly due to the active use of blocking secondary sanctions by the Treasury, as well as the fact that the US Department of Commerce... ... and the UK that have been fined are large banks that have committed hundreds and thousands of violations. The top ten companies that paid the largest amounts of fines accounted...
The financial sector is under special risk
Economic sanctions are becoming an increasingly popular tool in U.S. foreign policy. In the 20
... ... combat international terrorism [Zarate 2013]; however, the side effects included the USA's supervisory powers expanding both domestically and internationally. Additionally... ... actions target both Americans and foreigners. Although there is no generally accepted “secondary sanctions” concept, it appears expedient to use it in this particular meaning...