Designations Regarding Crimean Entities (E.O. 13685)
Today’s action also targets 12 entities pursuant to E.O. 13685, which authorizes sanctions on, among others, any person determined to be operating in the Crimea region of Ukraine in violation of E.O. 13685.
Targeting these entities for operating in the Crimea region of Ukraine underscores the United States’ commitment to opposing Russia’s occupation and attempted annexation of Crimea.
These entities include three Russian banks and one Crimea-based bank
OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY COMMERCIAL BANK VERKHNEVOLZHSKY (a.k.a. COMMERCIAL JOINT-STOCK BANK VERHNEVOLGSKY; a.k.a. OAO KB VERKHNEVOLZHSKIY; a.k.a. OJSC CB VERKHNEVOLZHSKY; a.k.a. OTKRYTOE AKTSIONERNOE OBSHCHESTVO KOMMERCHESKIY BANK VERKHNEVOLZHSKIY; a.k.a. PUBLIC COMMERCIAL JOINT-STOCK BANK VERHNEVOLZHSKY), Ulitsa Bratyev Orlovykh 1a, Rybinsk, Yaroslavskaya Oblast 152903, Russia; Ulitsa Suvorova 39A, Sevastopol, Crimea 299011, Ukraine; Pereulok Pionerskiy 5, Simferopol, Crimea 295011, Ukraine; SWIFT/BIC VECARU21; alt. SWIFT/BIC VVBKRU2Y; Website www.vvbank.ru; Email Address vbank@yaroslavl.ru; Registration ID 1027600000185 (Russia) [UKRAINE-EO13685].