OFAC blocks Gazprombank and its six overseas subsidiaries; designates more than 50 additional Russian banks, over 40 domestic securities registrars, 15 central-bank finance officials plus staff at Russian bank branches in China and India; issues general licenses for short wind-down and divestment of Gazprombank positions; warns that foreign institutions joining Russia’s SPFS or maintaining correspondent ties with newly listed banks face secondary-sanctions risk; all newly listed parties’ U.S.-linked property and transactions are prohibited.
