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North Korea Designations; Amendment to the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations; Issuance of Iran-Related Frequently Asked Questions

Release Date
05/16/2024
Recent Actions Body

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is amending the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (ITSR) to incorporate Iran-related General License D-2 and publishing an associated List of Services, Software, and Hardware Incident to Communications, which can be found under the General Licenses and Federal Register Notices sections of the Iran Sanctions page.

In addition, OFAC is publishing a new Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) 1173 and amending 26 ITSR-related FAQs.

Additionally, OFAC has updated its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List:

SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS LIST UPDATE

The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN List: 

BUDNEV, Aleksey (a.k.a. BUDNEV, Aleksei Viktorovich; a.k.a. BUDNEV, Aleksey Viktorovich (Cyrillic: БУДНЕВ, Алексей Викторович); a.k.a. BUDNEV, Alexey; a.k.a. BUDNEV, Alexey Viktorovich), 34 Zolotorozhskiy Val, Building 2, Moscow 111033, Russia; DOB 09 Jul 1964; POB Krymskaya Region, Russia; nationality Russia; citizen Russia; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214; Tax ID No. 504217593565 (Russia) (individual) [DPRK]. 

GAZARYAN, Rafael Anatolyevich (Cyrillic: ГАЗАРЯН, Рафаэль Анатольевич) (a.k.a. GAZARYAN, Rafael' Anatol'evich; a.k.a. GAZARYAN, Rafael Anatolievich), Russia; DOB 02 Oct 1954; nationality Russia; citizen Russia; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214; Passport 6102814100 (Russia); Tax ID No. 622800585633 (Russia) (individual) [DPRK] (Linked To: MKRTYCHEV, Ashot). 

The following entities have been added to OFAC's SDN List: 

RAFORT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (Cyrillic: ОБЩЕСТВО С ОГРАНИЧЕННОЙ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬЮ РАФОРТ) (a.k.a. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY RAFORT; a.k.a. OBSHCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOI OTVETSTVENNOSTYU RAFORT; a.k.a. RAFORT, OOO (Cyrillic: ООО РАФОРТ); a.k.a. "LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY RUBIN" (Cyrillic: "ОБЩЕСТВО С ОГРАНИЧЕННОЙ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬЮ РУБИН"); a.k.a. "RAFORT"; a.k.a. "RUBIN, OOO" (Cyrillic: "ООО РУБИН")), Apartment 40, Building 43, Tatarskaya Street, Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast 390005, Russia; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214; Tax ID No. 6234061793 (Russia); Business Registration Number 1086234013051 (Russia) issued 16 Oct 2008 [DPRK] (Linked To: GAZARYAN, Rafael Anatolyevich). 

TEKHNOLOGIYA, OOO (Cyrillic: ООО ТЕХНОЛОГИЯ) (a.k.a. OBSHCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOI OTVETSTVENNOSTYU TEKHNOLOGIYA; a.k.a. "TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED"; a.k.a. "TECHNOLOGY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY" (Cyrillic: "ОБЩЕСТВО С ОГРАНИЧЕННОЙ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬЮ ТЕХНОЛОГИЯ"); a.k.a. "TECHNOLOGY LLC"), Building 2, Sadovniki Street, Nagatino-Sadovniki Municipal District, Moscow 115487, Russia; Part of Room 453, Letter A, Housing 2, Building 11, Staroderevenskaya Street, Saint Petersburg 197374, Russia; Letter A, Office 402, Building 5, Aleksandr Blok Street, Saint Petersburg 190121, Russia; Apartment 7, Building 21, Mashkova Street, Basmanniy Municipal District, Moscow 101000, Russia; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214; Organization Established Date 14 Aug 2008; Tax ID No. 7839388531 (Russia); Government Gazette Number 87375823 (Russia); Business Registration Number 1089847320188 (Russia) issued 14 Aug 2008 [DPRK] (Linked To: BUDNEV, Aleksey). 

TRANS KAPITAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (Cyrillic: ОБЩЕСТВО С ОГРАНИЧЕННОЙ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬЮ ТРАНС КАПИТАЛ) (a.k.a. OBSHCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOI OTVETSTVENNOSTYU TRANS KAPITAL; a.k.a. TRANS KAPITAL LLC (Cyrillic: ООО ТРАНС КАПИТАЛ); a.k.a. TRANS KAPITAL, OOO), Room 1, Building 1, Fire Lane, Noginsk, Borodskiy Urban District, Moscow Oblast 142400, Russia; Building 29, SNT Poltevo Territory, Noginsk, Borodskiy Urban District, Moscow Oblast, Russia; Room 1, 3 Lenin Avenue, Balashikha, Moscow Oblast 143900, Russia; Letter B, Office 10, Plot 68, Proyektnaya Street, Balashikha, Moscow Oblast 143921, Russia; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214; Tax ID No. 5001101089 (Russia); Government Gazette Number 34892010 (Russia); Business Registration Number 1145001004378 (Russia) issued 06 Nov 2014 [DPRK] (Linked To: GAZARYAN, Rafael Anatolyevich). 


Unrelated Administrative List Updates:

The following changes have been made to OFAC's SDN List: 

BEIJING YUNZE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (Chinese Simplified: 北京云泽科技有限公司), Room 603, Floor 6, Building 4, Wulidian Area 1, Fengtai District, Beijing, China; Organization Established Date 21 Aug 2013; Unified Social Credit Code (USCC) 91110106076601507N (China) [RUSSIA-EO14024]. -to- BEIJING YUNZE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (Chinese Simplified: 北京昀泽科技有限公司), Room 402, 4th Floor, No. 85 Huilongguan Ave West, Changping District, Beijing 102208, China; Organization Established Date 05 Jan 2016 to 06 Jan 2016; Unified Social Credit Code (USCC) 91110114MA0031TR1Y (China) [RUSSIA-EO14024] (Linked To: PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANY 'WAGNER'). 


OFAC has also released an unrelated technical notice about "403 errors" for users of its sanctions list data files