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Source:US Treasury OFAC (U.S. Treasury, public domain)
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced several removals from its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List. These deletions involve various individuals, vessels, and entities previously targeted under the Russia-related sanctions program established by Executive Order 14024.
The updated list removes several Russian individuals, including German Valentinovich Belous, Mikhail Vasilyevich Klyukin, Irina Vladimirovna Kremleva, Viktor Andreevich Nikolaev, Nadia Narimanovna Cherkasova, Ivan Vladimirovich Potanin, and Maksim Yuryevich Smirnov. Some of these individuals were previously linked to sanctioned financial institutions, such as Sovcombank and Bank Financial Corporation Otkritie.
Additionally, the Treasury Department removed two cargo vessels from the sanctions list. The vessels, both flying the Russian flag, are the VYACHESLAV ARSHINOV (IMO 9945136) and the GENNADY EGOROV (IMO 9945124). These ships were previously associated with the Joint Stock Company State Transportation Leasing Company.
All removed entries were subject to secondary sanctions risks under Section 11 of Executive Order 14024 prior to their deletion from the SDN List.
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