Critical Insights
- Currently, there are over 700 entities and individuals sanctioned by the US as part of the Russia-focused sanctions programs, of which more than half are Specially Designated Nationals. These actors range from separatists fighting in Eastern Ukraine to some of Russia’s largest state-owned banks and energy companies.
- In April 2018, the US Department of the Treasury sanctioned seven Russian oligarchs and 12 of their major holdings. At the time of designation, these seven individuals owned or controlled at least 1400 companies, located worldwide. Of these, at least 650 were majority-owned.
- While EO 13662 originally only targeted entities under sectoral sanctions, in April 2018 four individuals and four entities were sanctioned as Specially Designated Nationals pursuant to this authority.