OFAC Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions
OFAC Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions is a sanctions program maintained by Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeting Russia. It imposes asset freeze, sectoral, financial restrictions, investment ban and trade restrictions.
Last updated 12 Jun 2026
Overview
Sanctions program targeting specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation, including blocking property, prohibiting new investment, restricting imports/exports, imposing price caps on Russian oil and petroleum products, and sectoral sanctions across financial services, energy, metals and mining, aerospace, electronics, marine, quantum computing, accounting, management consulting, architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and transportation sectors of the Russian Federation economy.
Targeted country
Legal bases
- Executive Order 14114 - Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Russian Federation's Harmful Activities (December 22, 2023)
- Executive Order 14071 - Prohibiting New Investment In And Certain Services To The Russian Federation In Response To Continued Russian Federation Aggression (April 06, 2022)
- Executive Order 14068 - Prohibiting Certain Imports, Exports, and New Investment with Respect to Continued Russian Federation Aggression (March 11, 2022)
- Executive Order 14066 - Prohibiting Certain Imports And New Investments With Respect To Continued Russian Federation Efforts To Undermine the Sovereignty And Territorial Integrity Of Ukraine (March 08, 2022)
- Executive Order 14039 - Blocking Property with Respect to Certain Russian Energy Export Pipelines (August 20, 2021)
- Executive Order 14024 - Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign Activities Of The Government Of The Russian Federation (April 15, 2021)
- Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act of 2019 (PEESA)
- International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 USC §§ 1701-1706
- National Emergencies Act (NEA), 50 USC §§ 1601-1651
- 31 CFR Part 587 - Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations
Official resources
OFAC Alert: Sanctions Risk for Foreign Financial Institutions that Join Russian Financial Messaging System, System for Transfer of Financial Messages
Advisory for the Maritime Oil Industry and Related Sectors
Russian Attempts to Evade Sanctions Using New Overseas Branches and Subsidiaries Alert
Updated Guidance for Foreign Financial Institutions on OFAC Sanctions Authorities Targeting Support to Russia's Military-Industrial Base
Price Cap Coalition Compliance and Enforcement Alert
OFAC-BIS Alert: Impact of Sanctions and Export Controls on Russia's Military-Industrial Complex
Fact Sheet: Russia Sanctions and Agricultural Trade
OFAC Guidance on Implementation of the Price Cap Policy for Crude Oil and Petroleum Products of Russian Federation Origin
OFAC Preliminary Guidance on Implementation of the Price Cap Policy for Petroleum Products of Russian Federation Origin
Directive 1A - Prohibitions Related to Certain Sovereign Debt of the Russian Federation
Directive 2 - Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial Institutions
Directive 3 - Prohibitions Related to New Debt and Equity of Certain Russia-related Entities
Directive 4 - Prohibitions Related to Transactions Involving the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
E.O. 14114 - Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Russian Federation's Harmful Activities
E.O. 14071 - Prohibiting New Investment In And Certain Services To The Russian Federation In Response To Continued Russian Federation Aggression
E.O. 14068 - Prohibiting Certain Imports, Exports, and New Investment with Respect to Continued Russian Federation Aggression
E.O. 14066 - Prohibiting Certain Imports And New Investments With Respect To Continued Russian Federation Efforts To Undermine the Sovereignty And Territorial Integrity Of Ukraine
E.O. 14039 - Blocking Property with Respect to Certain Russian Energy Export Pipelines
E.O. 14024 - Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign Activities Of The Government Of The Russian Federation
31 CFR Part 587 - Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations
Reporting Instructions under the Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity (REPO) for Ukrainians Act