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Russia Sanctions, State Department

To Russia With Love: State Imposes Limited Sanctions for Nerve Gas Attacks

I wrote earlier this month on a State Department press release finding that Russia had used chemical weapons in the attacks on Sergei and Yulia Skirpal in the United Kingdom and that, accordingly, sanctions would be imposed on Russia pursuant…

Clif Burns
August 30, 2018

OFAC, Russia Designations, Russia Sanctions, State Department

The Dog Ate The White House’s Section 231 Guidance

Because Congress was not convinced that the Trump administration would respond to Russia’s various shenanigans in Ukraine and in the U.S. elections, it passed, on August 2, 2017, the Countering Americaâ€™s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (“CAATS Act”). Section 231 of…

Clif Burns
October 28, 2017
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