title: Russia sanctions and considerations in building a sanctions compliance programme
abstract: The United States has maintained economic sanctions against Russia since 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimea Region of Ukraine. Over time, these sanctions have developed into one of the most complex sanctions programmes, consisting of a complicated web of trade controls that includes blocking sanctions, geographical restrictions on the Crimea Region, sanctions targeting specific sectors, export controls and the potential for sanctions on non-US Persons conducting transactions with US nexuses an
journal: Journal of financial compliance.