Sanctions on Rosneft’s Subsidiary — a Signal to Russia?

Sanctions against Rosneft Trading are Washington's political signal not only to individual companies, but to Russian policy and relations with Venezuela in general The US Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury (OFAC) imposed sanctions on a Rosneft subsidiary. On February 18, 2020, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced the designation of the Swiss-based company Rosneft Trading S.A. and its president Didier Kasimiro as Specially Designated Nationals (SDN)....