Investments

Section 1. (a) The following are prohibited: (i) new investment in the Crimea region of Ukraine by a United States person, wherever located

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Executive Order 13685 of December 19, 2014 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine

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Russia

E.O. 13685. On December 19, 2014, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, IEEPA, issued E.O. 13685 (“Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine”). In E.O. 13685, the President took additional steps to address the Russian occupation of the Crimea region of Ukraine, and with respect to the national emergency declared in E.O. 13660 and expanded by E.O.s 13661 and 13662. Section 1(a) of E.O. 13685 prohibits, among other things, new investment in the Crimea region of Ukraine by a United States person, and the importation into, or exportation from, the United States, directly or indirectly, of any goods, services, or technology from or to the Crimea region of Ukraine. Section 2(a) of E.O. 13685 blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in property that are in the United States, that come within the United States, or that are or come within the possession or control of any United States person, of any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State to meet certain criteria.

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