politics
US Lifts Sanctions on Gazprombank Vice President Natalia Puzyrnikova
The US has removed first vice president of Gazprombank, Natalia Puzyrnikova, from the sanctions list. This update was published on June 23 by the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
TL;DR
- Natalia Puzyrnikova, first vice president of Gazprombank, has been removed from the US sanctions list.
- Sanctions against Puzyrnikova were originally imposed in May 2022.
- The US Treasury's OFAC published the update on June 23.
- Sanctions were also lifted for Anton Krugugov and Tamara Topchi.
- Gazprombank itself was placed under blocking sanctions in November 2024.
- Previously, the US also lifted sanctions on former Sberbank executive Sergey Maltsev, and ex-finance minister Mikhail Zadornov.