Russia sanctions tracker: Packages, enforcement, and exposure

This tracker explains new measures, enforcement actions, and compliance signals in plain language. It shows what is restricted, who is exposed, and how payments and logistics are adapting. For the rolling stream, open Russia News. For the full context across war, politics, markets, and energy, start with the Russia News hub.

Quick read

• Scope: finance, energy, dual use items, services, media, and transport.
• Focus now: enforcement, secondary sanctions risk, and trade facilitation rules.
• Compliance lens: who is a listed party, what counts as facilitation, and how screening should work.

What changed this week

Summaries of fresh listings, general licenses, exemptions, and technical updates. Replace these placeholders with this week’s changes when you publish, then link to the source documents.

• New designation package targeting finance and defense procurement chains.
• Update to a general license that affects payments or wind-down periods.
• Sectoral additions that adjust services restrictions or reporting thresholds.

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Sanctions packages at a glance

United States: Office of Foreign Assets Control maintains blocking sanctions, sectoral measures, and secondary designations. Primary materials and lists are on OFAC. European Union: Council decisions and regulations implement listings and sectoral rules, see EU Council sanctions. United Kingdom: OFSI issues guidance and lists, see OFSI.

Enforcement and compliance

Key questions: who is listed, what counts as ownership or control, and how facilitation is defined. Screening should combine names, addresses, ownership layers, and sector flags. Keep audit trails for due diligence and adverse media checks. When laws conflict across jurisdictions, document legal opinions and the risk-based approach taken.

Secondary sanctions risk

Exposure rises when non-listed firms transact with listed parties or materially support restricted sectors. Red flags include routed payments, repeated correspondent changes, opaque intermediaries, and mismatches between goods and routing. Strong KYC, end-use attestations, and shipping evidence reduce risk.

Payments, shipping, and insurance

Financial messaging, correspondent access, and card networks shape payments. On the maritime side, monitor ownership and flag changes, classification, AIS gaps, and unusual STS transfers. Insurance clauses and letters of undertaking can change behavior quickly. Keep a watch list for high-risk corridors.

Evasion channels and red flags

• Third-country transshipment and re-invoicing of sensitive goods.
• False commodity codes or misdeclared origin and destination.
• Shell intermediaries that lack premises, staff, or web presence.
• Repeated small-dollar payments that map to a single large shipment.

What to watch next

• New designations or sectoral bans and any general licenses that alter scope.
• Export control updates for semiconductors, manufacturing equipment, and telecom.
• Guidance on facilitation, ownership and control, and reporting thresholds.
• Insurance and classification changes that affect maritime routing and cost.

For minute-by-minute headlines and deeper links to primary texts, use Russia News. For structured context across the policy space, keep the Russia News hub open.

Verification standard

• Primary material first: legal texts, notices, licenses, and official guidance.
• Data hygiene: exact citations, dates, and list identifiers with archive links where possible.
• Transparent edits: timestamped updates when scope or interpretations change.

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