Last Updated: January 19, 2026

MRB BANK

Aliases

INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT BANK LLC; MEZHDUNARODNYI RASCHETNYI BANK

Nationality

Russia

Address

Stalin Street 20, Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, Georgia

Reg. ID

1159800030409, Registration Number

Official reason

In a scheme orchestrated by the Central Bank of Russia, MRB Bank (MRB), based in Georgia’s South Ossetia region, acted as a cut-out for a designated Russian bank, TSMRBank, OOO (TSMRBank), to establish a secret banking relationship with the FTB. TSMRBank vice president Dmitry Yuryevich Nikulin (Nikulin) facilitated cash deposits from FTB through TS...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2590

Date of listing

2024-09-19

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 13722 of March 15, 2016 Blocking Property of the Government of North Korea and the Workers’ Party of Korea, and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to North Korea

Regime

OFAC country specific / UN

Target State

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1556 460. Can U.S. persons do business with entities in North Korea? No. Unless authorized pursuant to a general or specific license from OFAC and/or BIS, Executive Order (E.O.) 13722 prohibits new investment in North Korea by a U.S. person and the exportation or reexportation, from the United States, or by...

Official Information

On March 15, 2016, the President issued E.O. 13722 pursuant to, inter alia, IEEPA, the NEA, the UNPA, and the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. § 9201 et seq.) (the NKSPEA), to take additional steps to address the national emergency declared in E.O. 13466 and expanded in E.O. 13551, in light of further North Korean...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/7686/download?inline