[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 78247-78249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21796]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

31 CFR Part 587


Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 
Regulations Web General Licenses 25E, 25F, 108, and 109

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Publication of web general licenses.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing four general licenses (GLs) issued 
pursuant to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 
Regulations: GLs 25E, 25F, 108, and 109, each of which was previously 
made available on OFAC's website.

DATES: GL 25E was issued on September 4, 2024. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for additional relevant dates.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for 
Licensing, 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, 
202-622-4855; or Assistant Director for Compliance, 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available on OFAC's website: https://ofac.treasury.gov.

Background

    On September 4, 2024, OFAC issued GL 25E to authorize certain 
transactions otherwise prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign 
Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR). GL 25E 
superseded GL 25D. On September 5, 2024, OFAC issued GL 108, also 
authorizing transactions otherwise prohibited by the RuHSR and expiring 
November 6, 2024. On September 13, 2024, OFAC issued GLs 25F and 109, 
both authorizing transactions otherwise prohibited by the RuHSR. GL 25F 
superseded GL 25E. GL 109 expires November 13, 2024. Each GL was made 
available on OFAC's website (https://ofac.treasury.gov) when it was 
issued. The text of these GLs is provided below.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 25E

Authorizing Transactions Related to Telecommunications and Certain 
Internet-Based Communications

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license, 
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the receipt or 
transmission of telecommunications involving the Russian Federation 
that are prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 
Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), are authorized.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license, 
the exportation or reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or 
indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever 
located, to the Russian Federation of services incident to the exchange 
of communications over the internet, such as instant messaging, chat 
and email, social networking, sharing of photos and movies, web 
browsing, blogging, social media platforms, collaboration platforms, 
video conferencing, e-gaming, e-learning platforms, automated 
translation, web maps, user authentication services, web hosting, and 
domain name registration services, that is prohibited by the RuHSR, is 
authorized.
    (c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license, 
the exportation or reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or 
indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, to the Russian 
Federation of software, hardware, or technology incident to the 
exchange of communications over the internet is authorized, provided 
that:
    (i) If the software, hardware, or technology is subject to the 
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774 (EAR), 
the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply to the Russian 
Federation of such software, hardware, or technology is licensed or 
otherwise authorized by the Department of Commerce pursuant to the EAR; 
and
    (ii) If the software, hardware, or technology is not subject to the 
EAR, the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply to the Russian 
Federation of such software, hardware, or technology would be eligible 
for a license exception or otherwise authorized by the Department of 
Commerce if it were subject to the EAR.
    (d) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) The opening or maintaining of a correspondent account or 
payable-through account for or on behalf of any entity subject to 
Directive 2 under Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, Prohibitions Related to 
Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and Processing of 
Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial Institutions;
    (2) Any debit to an account on the books of a U.S. financial 
institution of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National 
Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, or the Ministry of Finance of 
the Russian Federation;
    (3) Any transactions prohibited by E.O. 14066 or E.O. 14068; or
    (4) Any transactions involving Joint Stock Company Channel One 
Russia, Joint Stock Company NTV Broadcasting

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Company, Television Station Russia-1, Limited Liability Company 
Algoritm, New Eastern Outlook, Oriental Review, Garantex Europe OU, 
Autonomous Non-Profit Organization Dialog, or Autonomous Non-Profit 
Organization Dialog Regions, unless separately authorized.
    (e) Effective September 4, 2024, General License No. 25D, dated 
June 12, 2024, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this 
General License No. 25E.
    Note to General License No. 25E. Nothing in this general license 
relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal laws or 
requirements of other Federal agencies, including export, reexport, and 
transfer (in-country) licensing requirements maintained by the 
Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security under the EAR.

Lisa M. Palluconi,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: September 4, 2024.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 25F

Authorizing Transactions Related to Telecommunications and Certain 
Internet-Based Communications

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license, 
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the receipt or 
transmission of telecommunications involving the Russian Federation 
that are prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 
Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), are authorized.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license, 
the exportation or reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or 
indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever 
located, to the Russian Federation of services incident to the exchange 
of communications over the internet, such as instant messaging, chat 
and email, social networking, sharing of photos and movies, web 
browsing, blogging, social media platforms, collaboration platforms, 
video conferencing, e-gaming, e-learning platforms, automated 
translation, web maps, user authentication services, web hosting, and 
domain name registration services, that is prohibited by the RuHSR, is 
authorized.
    (c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license, 
the exportation or reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or 
indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, to the Russian 
Federation of software, hardware, or technology incident to the 
exchange of communications over the internet is authorized, provided 
that:
    (i) If the software, hardware, or technology is subject to the 
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774 (EAR), 
the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply to the Russian 
Federation of such software, hardware, or technology is licensed or 
otherwise authorized by the Department of Commerce pursuant to the EAR; 
and
    (ii) If the software, hardware, or technology is not subject to the 
EAR, the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply to the Russian 
Federation of such software, hardware, or technology would be eligible 
for a license exception or otherwise authorized by the Department of 
Commerce if it were subject to the EAR.
    (d) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) The opening or maintaining of a correspondent account or 
payable-through account for or on behalf of any entity subject to 
Directive 2 under Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, Prohibitions Related to 
Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and Processing of 
Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial Institutions;
    (2) Any debit to an account on the books of a U.S. financial 
institution of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National 
Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, or the Ministry of Finance of 
the Russian Federation;
    (3) Any transactions prohibited by E.O. 14066 or E.O. 14068; or
    (4) Any transactions prohibited by the RuHSR involving one or more 
of the following entities, unless separately authorized:
    (i) Joint Stock Company Channel One Russia;
    (ii) Joint Stock Company NTV Broadcasting Company;
    (iii) Television Station Russia-1;
    (iv) Limited Liability Company Algoritm;
    (v) New Eastern Outlook;
    (vi) Oriental Review;
    (vii) Garantex Europe OU;
    (viii) Autonomous Non-Profit Organization Dialog;
    (ix) Autonomous Non-Profit Organization Dialog Regions;
    (x) Federal State Unitary Enterprise International Information 
Agency Rossiya Segodnya; or
    (xi) Autonomous Non Profit Organization TV Novosti.
    (e) Effective September 13, 2024, General License No. 25E, dated 
September 4, 2024, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this 
General License No. 25F.
    Note to General License No. 25F. Nothing in this general license 
relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal laws or 
requirements of other Federal agencies, including export, reexport, and 
transfer (in-country) licensing requirements maintained by the 
Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security under the EAR.

Lisa M. Palluconi,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: September 13, 2024.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 108

Authorizing Limited Safety and Environmental Transactions Involving 
Certain Blocked Persons or Vessels

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, 
all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 that are 
ordinarily incident and necessary to one of the following activities 
involving the blocked persons described in paragraph (b) are authorized 
through 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time, November 6, 2024, provided 
that any payment to a blocked person must be made into a blocked 
account in accordance with the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities 
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR):
    (1) The safe docking and anchoring in port of any vessels in which 
any person listed in paragraph (b) of this general license has a 
property interest (the ``blocked vessels'');
    (2) The preservation of the health or safety of the crew of any of 
the blocked vessels; or
    (3) Emergency repairs of any of the blocked vessels or 
environmental mitigation or protection activities relating to any of 
the blocked vessels.
    (b) The authorization in paragraph (a) of this general license 
applies to the following blocked persons listed on the Office of 
Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked 
Persons List and any entity in which any of the following persons own, 
directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, a 50 percent 
or greater interest:
    (1) Gotik Shipping Co; or
    (2) Plio Energy Cargo Shipping OPC Private Limited.

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    (c) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) The entry into any new commercial contracts involving the 
property or interests in property of any blocked persons, including the 
blocked entities described in paragraph (b) of this general license, 
except as authorized by paragraph (a);
    (2) The offloading of any cargo onboard any of the blocked vessels, 
including the offloading of liquefied natural gas of Russian Federation 
origin, except for the offloading of cargo that is ordinarily incident 
and necessary to address vessel emergencies authorized pursuant to 
paragraph (a) of this general license;
    (3) Any transactions related to the sale of liquefied natural gas 
of Russian Federation origin;
    (4) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 2 under E.O. 14024, 
Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and 
Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial 
Institutions;
    (5) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 4 under E.O. 14024, 
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; or
    (6) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the RuHSR, including 
transactions involving the property or interests in property of any 
person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR, other than transactions involving 
the blocked persons described in paragraph (b) of this general license, 
unless separately authorized.

Lisa M. Palluconi,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: September 5, 2024.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 109

Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving Certain Entities 
Blocked on September 13, 2024

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license, 
all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 that are 
ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of any transaction 
involving one or more of the following blocked entities are authorized 
through 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time, November 13, 2024, provided 
that any payment to a blocked person must be made into a blocked 
account in accordance with the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities 
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR):
    (1) Federal State Unitary Enterprise International Information 
Agency Rossiya Segodnya;
    (2) Autonomous Non Profit Organization TV Novosti; or
    (3) Any entity in which one or more of the above persons own, 
directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, a 50 percent 
or greater interest.
    (b) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 2 under E.O. 14024, 
Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and 
Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial 
Institutions;
    (2) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 4 under E.O. 14024, 
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; or
    (3) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the RuHSR, including 
transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR other 
than the blocked persons described in paragraph (a) of this general 
license, unless separately authorized.

Lisa M. Palluconi,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: September 13, 2024.
Lisa M. Palluconi,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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