US Sectoral Sanctions
US Direct Sanctions - SDNs (cont'd)
SDN designations per CAATSA sec. 224 (cybersecurity) and/or various EOS
23 Oct., 23 Sept. and 10 Sept. 2020 designations (for malware/election interference - see slide 9)
15 July 2020 election-interference designations; and Sept. and Dec. 2019 designations
Dec. 2018: against 18 individuals (including one associated with Mr. Deripaska) and four companies
for 2016 election interference, WADA hacking, and other malign activities - see OFAC Notice and
related Press Release
Nov. 2018: various Russia (and Middle Eastern) individuals and entities in connection with
petroleum shipments to Syria - see OFAC Notice and related Advisory
Nov. 2018: several individuals and entities, mostly related to Crimea and the breakaway areas of
eastern Ukraine - see OFAC Notice and related Press Release
Sept. 2018: against a Chinese company, its North Korean CEO, and its Russian Vladivostok-based
sister company for allowing North Korea to earn revenue from overseas IT workers - thus
undermining the US's denuclearization negotiations with North Korea - link (and see slide 11)
August 2018 - against
two Russian shipping companies, and six vessels, for helping North Korea evade the UN ban on its oil trade -
link; and
two Russian individuals and Russian and Slovak companies, for helping an already-sanctioned Russian company
(Divetechnoservices) procure goods and services for the FSB -alleged thus to be helping improve Russia's
cyber systems for RF gov't agencies - link
June 2018: against several Russian entities and individuals, for providing support for / enabling FSB
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