In a continuation of efforts to increase the bite of U.S. sanctions, on December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Pub. L. 117–328 .
Cypriot corporate service provider MeritServus helped Konstantin Malofeev, an oligarch sanctioned for his support of Russian-backed separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine.
Charles Bausman, a former financial executive who runs websites that promote far-right views, recorded footage in the Capitol for a Russian television producer. Soon after, he fled to Moscow as a “political refugee.”
Pro-Kremlin channel and website Tsargrad TV reported on May 23: (Britain s) own population is preparing for starvation. the British are being pushed towards cannibalism!
U.S. Department of Justice DOJ announced the creation of the interagency Task Force KleptoCapture the Task Force to enforce the sanctions, export restrictions, and economic countermeasures against Russian officials and oligarchs in response to the conflict in Ukraine.