WESTERN SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA: EAST IS EAST & WEST IS WEST

 

This alert  BWG-Sanctions-Update-9-17-25-Final summarizes our latest discussion at the continuing BWG Global teleconferences on Cross-Border payments (September 12, 2025). See https://bwgglobal.com/. For our prior discussions on this topic, please see  https://wstelecomlaw.com/2025/07/u-s-sanctions-on-russia-anticipating-the-winds-of-war/. For details about these sanctions and their implications for cross-border financial transfers, please see our “Negotiable Hostilities” alerts/webinars (sponsored by Thomson Reuters West LegalEd Center) at https://wstelecomlaw.com/2023/08/negotiable-hostilities-webinars/.