United Kingdom

Unit 111247, Ground Floor, 30 Bloomsbury St., London, WC1B 3QJ, United Kingdom; Ofis 208, ul Kayani 18, Rostov-na-Donu, 344019, Rostov, Russia

OC428060, Registration Number

The Department is designating the registered owner and shipping manager of the PAWELL, a Syrian-flagged general cargo vessel that was used to transport stolen grain. The PAWELL routinely engages in maritime evasion techniques, to include disabling the vessel’s onboard automatic identification system (AIS) in order to conceal its location and the origin of its cargo. The following entities are being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) for operating or having operated in the marine sector of Russian Federation economy: Pawell Shipping Co LLP is a Russian shipping company that serves as the registered owner of the PAWELL.

https://pl.usembassy.gov/us_sanctions_controls_russia/

2023-05-19

US

Executive Order 14024 of April 15, 2021 Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation

OFAC country specific

Russia

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1127 • https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1029

In response to the Russian Federation’s continued use of its military-industrial base to support its aggression against Ukraine, the President has issued an Executive Order (E.O.) amending E.O. 14024 that provides the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) with new authorities to target foreign financial institutions for engaging in certain transactions. Foreign financial institutions that conduct or facilitate significant transactions or provide any service involving Russia’s military-industrial base run the risk of being sanctioned by OFAC. The United States and partners have put in place a sanctions and export controls regime that has severely restricted Russia’s ability to import many of the items that directly support its brutal and unjustified war against Ukraine. As a result, Russia is increasingly using third countries to evade sanctions and continue its procurement of certain critical items. The United States and partners have published multiple advisories, including detailed red flags, to warn the private sector about Russian sanctions evasion in support of its war machine and to support compliance efforts. OFAC’s new targeting authorities, which are aimed at foreign financial institutions that provide services to, or engage in significant transactions relating to, Russia’s military-industrial base, come as a natural evolution of OFAC’s work to counter evasion and hold accountable those perpetuating Russia’s war against Ukraine, including financial facilitators. OFAC is issuing this advisory to provide guidance to foreign financial institutions on the amendments to E.O. 14024, including practical guidance on how to identify sanctions risks and implement corresponding controls. For additional guidance on this E.O., please see FAQs 1146–1157.

SDN / NS-MBS / CAPTA