US Lifts Sanctions on Former CFO of Russia’s Sberbank

The United States has lifted sanctions on Alexandra Buriko, the former chief financial officer of Russia’s state-owned Sberbank, after her resignation in 2022 and demonstration that she no longer poses a threat as it pertains to Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Treasury Department said. Buriko was initially sanctioned in a May 2022 action that labeled her among “individuals and entities critical to Russia’s ability to wage war against Ukraine.” She resigned just days after the bank’s sanctioning in April 2022, as the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February wore on. A U.S. official said Buriko has left Sberbank and shown that the circumstances resulting in the sanctions by the Office of Foreign Assets Control are no longer valid....