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New Russia-related Sanctions and Impacts on University Research

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The U.S. government's Russia-related sanctions are are likely to change and may affect current or future University collaborations, agreements, and research projects.

In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government imposed severe financial sanctions on Russia and individuals and entities supporting the Russian government in Russia, Belarus, and certain regions of the Ukraine. The government imposed blocking sanctions on most major Russian banks, removed certain banks from the SWIFT system, froze assets of political elites, and imposed a broad set of restrictions on exports of technology to Russia, Luhansk People's Republic, Donetsk People's Republic, and the Crimea regions of Ukraine.

These restrictions are likely to change and may affect current or future University collaborations, agreements, and research projects.

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