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The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, also known as the SDN List, is a United States government sanctions/embargo measure targeting U.S.-designated terrorists, officials and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, and international criminals (e.g. drug traffickers). The list is managed by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). When individuals are added to the list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN), their U.S. assets are blocked. Moreover, their names are added to automated screening systems used by banks in the United States and many foreign countries, making it difficult for them to open or hold accounts, transfer money, or transact properties internationally. Any individual or entity that provides support related to terrorism, drug trafficking or unauthorized military use to any person or entity appearing on the SDN list risks being penalized under the USA PATRIOT Act.
The SDN list contains tens of thousands of individuals and entities that have been identified as posing threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy. All individuals and entities within the U.S. are prohibited from doing business with them or are subject to sanctions for violating the law. Financial sanctions include a ban on investment in the stock of the blacklisted individuals and entities in which the blacklisted individuals have a controlling interest, and a ban on new debt (including all securities such as bonds, credits, bills of exchange, etc.) with a maturity of more than 90 days. After the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the U.S. blacklisted a number of Russian and Crimean companies for sanctions. Almost every country is represented on the list.
Sašo Mijalkov – Former Administrator for Security and Counterintelligence of Republic of North Macedonia
Nikola Gruevski – Former Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia
Stevčo Jakimovski of Podrzikonj - Leader of the Citizen Option for Macedonia, mayor of the Karpoš Municipality and a former member of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia.
Artan Grubi - Former First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia
Sergei Ivanov – Russian senior official and politician who has served as the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on the Issues of Environmental Activities, Ecology and Transport since 12 August 2016.
Tina Kandelaki – Russian-Georgian journalist, Deputy CEO of Gazprom Media, acting director of Russian federal TV channel TNT; alongside Kandelaki, her husband Vasily Brovko has also been added to the list.
"SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS LIST UPDATE". US Department of the Treasury. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022. The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN List: ... PUTIN, Vladimir Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ПУТИН, Владимир Владимирович) (a.k.a. PUTIN, Vladimir (Cyrillic: ПУТИН, Владимир)), Kremlin, Moscow, Russia; Novo-Ogaryevo, Moscow Region, Russia; Bocharov Ruchey, Sochi, Russia; Valdai, Novgorod Region, Russia; DOB 07 Oct 1952; POB Leningrad, Russia; nationality Russia; citizen Russia; Gender Male; President of the Russian Federation (individual) .
