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United States of America: Authorisation and removal of sanctions on entities and a vessel related to Russia and Venezuela

Announcement

05 Mar 2026

In March 2026, the United States of America's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed sanctions, including authorising transactions with two Rosneft subsidiaries and removing a shipping company and a crude oil tanker from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.

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Number of interventions

3

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

3 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

05 Mar 2026

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 05 Mar 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force

Recent update from 19 Mar 2026:

On 5 March 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Russia-related General License 129A authorising certain transactions of two entities operating ...

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Announced: 05 Mar 2026
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force

Recent update from 19 Mar 2026:

On 5 March 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed a Marshall Islands-based shipping company from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked ...

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Announced: 05 Mar 2026
Foreign customer limit In force

Recent update from 19 Mar 2026:

On 5 March 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed a Panama-flagged crude oil tanker from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons ...

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