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
Finance
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Second package of sanctions against Russia
Restrictions on Russian access to EU capital markets and technology, particularly in the oil, military, and dual-use sectors.
Further measures include: a ban on transactions with the Russian Central Bank;
a ban on the overflight of EU airspace and on access to EU airports by Russian carriers. -
Japan to suspend visas, freeze assets, and restrict exports to Russia, including military-related and dual-use items
Japan will suspend the issuance of visas for designated Generals related to Russia and freeze the assets held by designated Generals and entities related to Russia in Japan.
Japan will freeze the assets of three Russian banks — VEB.RF, Promsvyazbank, and Bank Rossiya — within Japan.
Japan will impose sanctions on exports to Russian military-related entities, on exports of controlled items listed on the internationally agreed list, and on other dual-use goods such as semiconductors. -
New asset freezes and dealings bans
Between 24/2 and 23/3, members of the State Duma, members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, officials of the Government of Russia, executives in the energy sector, defense entities, current and former senior officials and associates of the regime, and several entities are added to list subject to asset freeze and dealings prohibition.
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Finance ban on key industries; asset freezes incl. VTB; export controls; sanctions on transport, dual-use goods, more generals
Comprehensive set of sanctions blocking key Russian industries from raising finance on UK’s Finance markets, freezing of assets of several major Russian Finance institutions, including VTB Bank and key sectors like energy and defense. Sanctions also target the transport sector, dual-use goods, export control and export financing, visa policy, as well as additional Generals, following new listing criteria.
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First package of sanctions against Russia
The EU Council agreed on a package of measures to respond to the decision by the Russian Federation to proceed with the recognition of the non-government controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts in Ukraine as independent entities, and the ensuing decision to send Russian troops into these areas. The agreed package includes: targeted sanctions against the 351 members of the Russian State Duma and an additional 27 Generals;
restrictions on economic relations with the non-government controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts;
restrictions on Russia’s access to the EU’s capital and Finance markets and services. -
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.
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Targeted sanctions on banks and oligarchs, with asset freezes; no sovereign debt issuance allowed on UK markets
Targeted sanctions on five Russian banks and three oligarchs (Gennady Timchenko, Boris Rotenberg, and Igor Rotenberg), including asset freezes and travel bans. Russia prevented from issuing sovereign debt on UK markets.