Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

Additions of Entities to the Entity List

"In response to the Russian Federation's (Russia's) further invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the Department of Commerce is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 71 entities under 71 entries to the Entity List. These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security interests or foreign policy of the United States and will be listed on the Entity List under the destinations of Belarus and Russia."

87 FR 34154-64
Published 06-06-2022

Export Administration Regulations: Revisions to Russia and Belarus Sanctions and Related Provisions; Other Revisions, Corrections, and Clarifications

"Between February and May 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published a series of amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) that have increasingly tightened export controls on the Russian Federation (Russia) and Belarus in response to Russia's further invasion of Ukraine, as substantially enabled by Belarus. This rule revises, corrects, and clarifies certain provisions of the EAR that pertain to these controls and related provisions. First, this rule makes certain revisions to the EAR's military end use and military end user controls as they apply to Russia and Belarus, as well as related modifications to the entries for entities on the Entity List that are Russian and Belarusian military end users."

87 FR 34131-53
Published 06-06-2022

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations Web General Licenses 25A, 33, 34, and 35

"The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing four general licenses (GLs) issued pursuant to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations: GL 25A, GL 33, GL 34, and GL 35, each of which was previously issued on OFAC's website."

87 FR 34169-70
Published 06-06-2022

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) – Updated Documents

Russia-related General License 25B - Authorizing Transactions Related to Telecommunications and Certain Internet-Based Communications

Published 06-02-2022

Russia-related General License 36 - Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving Public Joint Stock Company Severstal

Published 06-02-2022

Russia-related General License 37 - Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving Nord Gold PLC

Published 06-02-2022

Russia-related General License 38 - Authorizing Transactions Related to Pension Payments to U.S. Persons

Published 06-02-2022