Comment Notifications
For some reason, there was a period of about a week during which I was not getting notifications of comments pending approval, so there were a number that I just discovered and approved. I am trying to figure out why…
Clif Burns
Strike That: We Actually Meant “For” for “Of”
Last week, we reported that there was some confusion relating to the new Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List inasmuch as OFAC said, in one place, that the prohibitions extended to dealing in equity and 90-day debt “of” and, in another place,…
That Depends On The Meaning Of Of
ABOVE: Russian President Putin Meets with Vnesheconombank Chairman V.A. Dmitriev There is a significant ambiguity relating to the newly-announced Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List (“SSIL”) that we reported on yesterday and which placed Vnesheconombank and Gazprombank, among other Russian businesses, on…
One More List To Check . . . And Counting
ABOVE: Rosneft Headquarters Moscow UPDATED (7/17/14): Post corrected below to indicate that not every entity on the SSIL is subject to the “new equity” prohibition. Treasury today announced new Russia/Ukraine sanctions. All the sanctioned entities are listed at the end…
Who Sang First, Kraaipoel or Fokker?
Back in the early days of this blog in 2007, we reported on the case of Robert Kraaipoel, a Dutch businessman who was indicted for selling U.S. origin items to Iran, even though Mr. Kraaipoel had never set foot in…