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Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) joined the U.S. Departments of State and Commerce in imposing sanctions in response to Russia’s poisoning and subsequent imprisonment of Russian opposition figure Aleksey Navalny. Specifically, OFAC designated seven Russian government officials: Federal Security Service (FSB) Director … [Read more...] about Treasury Sanctions Russian Officials in Response to the Novichok Poisoning of Aleksey Navalny

Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing Cyber-related General License 1B "Authorizing Certain Transactions with the Federal Security Service" and amending three related Frequently Asked Questions (501, 502, 503). In addition, OFAC has updated its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List: SPECIALLY DESIGNATED … [Read more...] about Issuance of Cyber-related General License and related FAQs; Cyber-related Designations Updates; Yemen-related Designations; Ukraine-/Russia-related Designations; Non-Proliferation Designations and Designations Updates

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two key militants of the Iranian-backed Ansarallah, sometimes referred to as the Houthis, whose actions have prolonged Yemen’s civil war and exacerbated the country’s humanitarian crisis. Mansur Al-Sa’adi and Ahmad ‘Ali Ahsan al-Hamzi are responsible for orchestrating attacks by … [Read more...] about Treasury Sanctions Key Military Leaders of the Ansarallah Militia in Yemen

The Council today decided to impose restrictive measures on four Russian individuals responsible for serious human rights violations, including arbitrary arrests and detentions, as well as widespread and systematic repression of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, and freedom of opinion and expression in Russia. Alexander Bastrykin, Head of the Investigative … [Read more...] about Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime: EU sanctions four people responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia

GENEVA (1 March 2021) – Two UN human rights experts today said an international investigation into the sinister poisoning of Alexei Navalny must remain a priority, stressing the urgent need to find the truth about what happened to the Russian opposition leader and to ensure accountability of those responsible. “We believe that poisoning Mr. Navalny with Novichok might have … [Read more...] about Russia: UN experts say Navalny poisoning sends clear, sinister warning to critics