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Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations and Web General License 131A

Rule published March 2, 2026 · 91 FR 10006

Document number
FR Doc. 2026-04085
Type
Rule
Published
March 2, 2026
Citation
91 FR 10006 (pages 10,006–10,007)
Action
Publication of a web general license.
Dates
GL 131A was issued on December 10, 2025. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for additional relevant dates.
Official sources
PDF (govinfo.gov) · federalregister.gov

Summary

The Federal Register's summaryThe Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing a general license (GL) issued pursuant to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations: GL 131A, which was previously made available on OFAC's website.

Regulations cited

OFAC has reused some part numbers, so today's heading can name a different regulation from the one this document concerned.

Executive orders cited

Text

As the Government Publishing Office publishes it. Pages OFAC printed as images (in recent notices, the lists of names) are in the official PDF.

[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10006-10007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04085]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

31 CFR Part 587


Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions
Regulations and Web General License 131A

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Publication of a web general license.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing a general license (GL) issued pursuant to
the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations: GL 131A,
which was previously made available on OFAC's website.

DATES: GL 131A was issued on December 10, 2025. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for additional relevant dates.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for
Regulatory Affairs, 202-622-4855; or https://ofac.treasury.gov/contact-ofac.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC's website: https://ofac.treasury.gov/.

Background

    On December 10, 2025, OFAC issued GL 131A to authorize certain
transactions otherwise prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign
Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587. This GL was made
available on OFAC's website (https://ofac.treasury.gov) when it was
issued. GL 131A replaced and superseded GL 131. GL 131A is now expired.
The text of this GL is provided below.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 131A

Authorizing Certain Transactions for the Negotiation of and Entry Into
Contingent Contracts for the Sale of Lukoil International GmbH and
Related Maintenance Activities

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license,
all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 that are
ordinarily incident and necessary to the negotiation of and entry into
contracts with Public Joint-Stock Company Oil Company Lukoil or any of
its affiliates for the sale, disposition, or transfer of Lukoil
International GmbH (``LIG'') or any entity in which LIG owns, directly
or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, a 50 percent or
greater interest (collectively, ``LIG Entities'') are authorized
through 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time, January 17, 2026, provided
that the performance of any such contract is made expressly contingent
upon the receipt of separate authorization from the Office of Foreign
Assets Control (``contingent contracts'').

    Note to Paragraph (a).  For purposes of this general license,
the term ``contingent contracts'' includes executory contracts,
executory pro forma invoices, agreements in principle, executory
offers capable of acceptance such as bids or proposals in response
to public tenders, binding memoranda of understanding, or any other
similar agreement.

    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license,
all transactions prohibited by E.O. 14024 that are ordinarily incident
and necessary to the maintenance or wind down of operations, contracts,
or other agreements of LIG Entities are authorized through 12:01 a.m.
eastern standard time, January 17, 2026.
    (c) All blocked accounts of LIG Entities may be used, debited, or
credited for the transactions authorized in paragraph (b).
    (d) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) The unblocking of any property blocked pursuant to any part of
31 CFR chapter V, except as authorized in paragraph (c);
    (2) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the Russian Harmful
Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR),
including transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to the
RuHSR, other than blocked persons described in paragraph (a) of this
general license, unless separately authorized; or
    (3) The transfer of funds to any person or account located in the
Russian Federation.
    (e) Effective December 10, 2025, General License No. 131, dated
November 14, 2025, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this
General License No. 131A.

Bradley T. Smith,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.


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    Dated: December 10, 2025.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Editorial Note: This document was received by the Office of the
Federal Register on February 26, 2026.

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