Directive 4 bars US persons from any transaction with Russia’s Central Bank, National Wealth Fund or Ministry of Finance; three additional entities and one General are placed on the SDN List
United States
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Nord Stream 2 AG and CEO blocked
The United States designated Nord Stream 2 AG and its CEO Matthias Warnig as Specially Designated Nationals, blocking their US-linked assets and transactions.
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Secondary-market sovereign-bond ban; VEB & PSB asset freezes; Central bank sanctions
The measures prohibit US Finance institutions from buying or selling Russian sovereign bonds issued after March 1 2022 in secondary markets and confirm existing primary-market and lending bans; designate VEB Bank, Promsvyazbank, their subsidiaries, several vessels and assorted Russian elites and relatives as Specially Designated Nationals, freezing their US-linked assets and transactions; place the Central Bank of Russia, the National Wealth Fund and the Ministry of Finance on the Non-SDN Menu-Based Sanctions List, exposing them to menu-based penalties; and identify the Russian Finance-services sector as sanctionable.
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Comprehensive sanctions targeting the Finance sector (Sberbank and VTB), specific oligarchs, and major companies
Comprehensive sanctions targeting the Finance sector, specific oligarchs, and major companies.