Days before President Biden leaves the White House, the U.S. government has delivered a major blow against Russia. On January 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced its most comprehensive sanctions to-date against Russia’s energy sector. OFAC’s sanctions were complemented by another sweeping sanctions action by the U.S. Department of State (State Department) on the same day.
