Section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017

Section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (“CAATSA,” or “the Act”) (Pub. L. 115-44,) was enacted on August 2, 2017. The Act states that the President shall impose five or more of the sanctions described in Section 235 of the Act with respect to a person the President determines knowingly, on or after such date of enactment, engages in a significant transaction with a person that is part of, or operates for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation. The President delegated to the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the authority to implement Section 231 on September 29, 2017.

The Secretary of State has determined that the following persons are part of, or operate for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation for the purposes of CAATSA Section 231.

On September 20th, 2018, to facilitate implementation of CAATSA, the President also issued Executive Order “Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the Countering Americas Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.” UPDATES

12/19/18 Twelve persons (8 individuals and 4 entities) were added to the list specifying persons that are part of, or operate for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation for the purposes of CAATSA Section 231. Specifically, Anatoliy Chepiga, Economy Today LLC, Federal News Agency LLC, Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, Alexander Aleksandrovich Malkevich, Alexey Minin, Alexander Mishkin, Aleksei Morenets, Nevskiy News LLC, Evgenii Serebryakov, Oleg Sotnikov, and USA Really were added to the Intelligence Sector list. They were added alphabetically, and the date of addition is indicated in the second column next to each person’s name.