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On December 2, 2025, OFAC announced an ~$11 million penalty settlement with IPI Partners, LLC (“IPI”), a Chicago-based U.S. private equity fund, to settle its civil liability for 51 potential violations of OFAC’s Russia sanctions. The enforcement action underscores the importance of diligence to guard against potential sanctions violations.  In brief, OFAC found that IPI…

The United States, European Union, and United Kingdom have significantly escalated Russia-related sanctions the past month, including the Trump Administration’s first sanctions directly imposed on Russia. These coordinated actions—which particularly target the Russian energy sector—indicate that Russia sanctions remain on the geopolitical agenda and require multinational companies to remain vigilant in their compliance with those…

On October 15, 2025, the UK announced a significant expansion of its Russia-related sanctions regime, designating Lukoil and Rosneft—Russia’s two largest oil companies—as asset freeze targets.

This is the first time Lukoil and Rosneft have been subjected to full asset freezing sanctions by any of the UK, U.S., or EU, and follows earlier UK measures…

The UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) has imposed a monetary penalty of £465,000 against a multinational law firm’s Russian office (the “Russian Office”) for breaching UK financial sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.  This is the first time OFSI has enforced against a law…

To kick-start 2025, the UK’s recently established Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (“OTSI”) has published two related guidance notes for UK exporters on Russian trade sanctions evasion and diversion.

First, Countering Russian sanctions evasion – guidance for exporters seeks to support UK exporters and manufacturers in identifying Russian evasion practices and mitigating the…

An overview on new Russian sanctions and export controls issued by the European Union, focusing on anti-circumvention measures and the Russian financial, military, and LNG industries.

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An overview on new Russian sanctions and export controls issued by the U.S. (OFAC and BIS) and the UK focusing on the Russian financial, military, and LNG industries.

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In this session, hosts and International Trade Practice Leaders Nicole Simonian and Dj Wolff talk with Crowell lawyers Jeremy Iloulian and Laurel Saito about the significant new sanctions and export control authorities included in the recently enacted National Security Supplemental fiscal package. While this legislation is best known for providing U.S. foreign aid commitments for…

On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it issued new sanctions on nearly 200 entities and individuals for supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, intensifying U.S. efforts to thwart Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western sanctions. The list includes more than a dozen of companies…