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1A prior version of this determination prohibited 

the same activities. This amended version of the 

determination reflects technical, non-substantive 

changes in light of an amendment to Executive 

Order 14068. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS 

CONTROL 

Determination Pursuant to Section 

1(a)(i)(A) of Executive Order 14068 

Prohibitions Related to Imports of Gold 

of Russian Federation Origin (as 

Amended) 1

Pursuant to sections 1(a)(i)(A), 1(b), 

and 5 of Executive Order (E.O.) 14068 

of March 11, 2022 (‘‘Prohibiting Certain 

Imports, Exports, and New Investment 

With Respect to Continued Russian 

Federation Aggression’’), as amended by 

E.O. of December 22, 2023 (‘‘Taking 

Additional Steps with Respect to the 

Russian Federation’s Harmful 

Activities’’), and 31 CFR 587.802, the 

Director of the Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, in consultation with the 

Department of State and the Department 

of Commerce, hereby determines that 

the prohibitions in section 1(a)(i)(A) of 

E.O. 14068 shall apply to gold of 

Russian Federation origin. As a result, 

the importation into the United States of 

gold of Russian Federation origin is 

prohibited, except to the extent 

provided by law, or unless licensed or 

otherwise authorized by the Office of 

Foreign Assets Control. 

This determination excludes gold of 

Russian Federation origin that was 

located outside of the Russian 

Federation prior to June 28, 2022. 

This determination became effective 

upon June 28, 2022. 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

Dated: December 22, 2023. 

Lisa M. Palluconi, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

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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 Web General Licenses 

25E, 25F, 108, and 109 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Publication of web general 

licenses. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing four 

general licenses (GLs) issued pursuant 

to the Russian Harmful Foreign 

Activities Sanctions Regulations: GLs 

25E, 25F, 108, and 109, each of which 

was previously made available on 

OFAC’s website. 

DATES: GL 25E was issued on September 

4, 2024. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for additional relevant 

dates. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing, 

202–622–2480; Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, 202–622–4855; or 

Assistant Director for Compliance, 202– 

622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available on OFAC’s website: https://

ofac.treasury.gov. 

Background 

On September 4, 2024, OFAC issued 

GL 25E to authorize certain transactions 

otherwise prohibited by the Russian 

Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 

Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR). 

GL 25E superseded GL 25D. On 

September 5, 2024, OFAC issued GL 

108, also authorizing transactions 

otherwise prohibited by the RuHSR and 

expiring November 6, 2024. On 

September 13, 2024, OFAC issued GLs 

25F and 109, both authorizing 

transactions otherwise prohibited by the 

RuHSR. GL 25F superseded GL 25E. GL 

109 expires November 13, 2024. Each 

GL was made available on OFAC’s 

website (https://ofac.treasury.gov) when 

it was issued. The text of these GLs is 

provided below. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS 

CONTROL 

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities 

Sanctions Regulations 

31 CFR Part 587 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 25E 

Authorizing Transactions Related to 

Telecommunications and Certain 

Internet-Based Communications 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(d) of this general license, all 

transactions ordinarily incident and 

necessary to the receipt or transmission 

of telecommunications involving the 

Russian Federation that are prohibited 

by the Russian Harmful Foreign 

Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 

CFR part 587 (RuHSR), are authorized. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph 

(d) of this general license, the 

exportation or reexportation, sale, or 

supply, directly or indirectly, from the 

United States or by U.S. persons, 

wherever located, to the Russian 

Federation of services incident to the 

exchange of communications over the 

internet, such as instant messaging, chat 

and email, social networking, sharing of 

photos and movies, web browsing, 

blogging, social media platforms, 

collaboration platforms, video 

conferencing, e-gaming, e-learning 

platforms, automated translation, web 

maps, user authentication services, web 

hosting, and domain name registration 

services, that is prohibited by the 

RuHSR, is authorized. 

(c) Except as provided in paragraph 

(d) of this general license, the 

exportation or reexportation, sale, or 

supply, directly or indirectly, from the 

United States or by U.S. persons, to the 

Russian Federation of software, 

hardware, or technology incident to the 

exchange of communications over the 

internet is authorized, provided that: 

(i) If the software, hardware, or 

technology is subject to the Export 

Administration Regulations, 15 CFR 

parts 730 through 774 (EAR), the 

exportation, reexportation, sale, or 

supply to the Russian Federation of 

such software, hardware, or technology 

is licensed or otherwise authorized by 

the Department of Commerce pursuant 

to the EAR; and 

(ii) If the software, hardware, or 

technology is not subject to the EAR, the 

exportation, reexportation, sale, or 

supply to the Russian Federation of 

such software, hardware, or technology 

would be eligible for a license exception 

or otherwise authorized by the 

Department of Commerce if it were 

subject to the EAR. 

(d) This general license does not 

authorize: 

(1) The opening or maintaining of a 

correspondent account or payablethrough account for or on behalf of any 

entity subject to Directive 2 under 

Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, 

Prohibitions Related to Correspondent 

or Payable-Through Accounts and 

Processing of Transactions Involving 

Certain Foreign Financial Institutions; 

(2) Any debit to an account on the 

books of a U.S. financial institution of 

the Central Bank of the Russian 

Federation, the National Wealth Fund of 

the Russian Federation, or the Ministry 

of Finance of the Russian Federation; 

(3) Any transactions prohibited by 

E.O. 14066 or E.O. 14068; or 

(4) Any transactions involving Joint 

Stock Company Channel One Russia, 

Joint Stock Company NTV Broadcasting 


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Company, Television Station Russia-1, 

Limited Liability Company Algoritm, 

New Eastern Outlook, Oriental Review, 

Garantex Europe OU, Autonomous NonProfit Organization Dialog, or 

Autonomous Non-Profit Organization 

Dialog Regions, unless separately 

authorized. 

(e) Effective September 4, 2024, 

General License No. 25D, dated June 12, 

2024, is replaced and superseded in its 

entirety by this General License No. 

25E. 

Note to General License No. 25E. 

Nothing in this general license relieves 

any person from compliance with any 

other Federal laws or requirements of 

other Federal agencies, including 

export, reexport, and transfer (incountry) licensing requirements 

maintained by the Department of 

Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and 

Security under the EAR. 

Lisa M. Palluconi, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

Dated: September 4, 2024. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS 

CONTROL 

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities 

Sanctions Regulations 

31 CFR Part 587 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 25F 

Authorizing Transactions Related to 

Telecommunications and Certain 

Internet-Based Communications 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(d) of this general license, all 

transactions ordinarily incident and 

necessary to the receipt or transmission 

of telecommunications involving the 

Russian Federation that are prohibited 

by the Russian Harmful Foreign 

Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 

CFR part 587 (RuHSR), are authorized. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph 

(d) of this general license, the 

exportation or reexportation, sale, or 

supply, directly or indirectly, from the 

United States or by U.S. persons, 

wherever located, to the Russian 

Federation of services incident to the 

exchange of communications over the 

internet, such as instant messaging, chat 

and email, social networking, sharing of 

photos and movies, web browsing, 

blogging, social media platforms, 

collaboration platforms, video 

conferencing, e-gaming, e-learning 

platforms, automated translation, web 

maps, user authentication services, web 

hosting, and domain name registration 

services, that is prohibited by the 

RuHSR, is authorized. 

(c) Except as provided in paragraph 

(d) of this general license, the 

exportation or reexportation, sale, or 

supply, directly or indirectly, from the 

United States or by U.S. persons, to the 

Russian Federation of software, 

hardware, or technology incident to the 

exchange of communications over the 

internet is authorized, provided that: 

(i) If the software, hardware, or 

technology is subject to the Export 

Administration Regulations, 15 CFR 

parts 730 through 774 (EAR), the 

exportation, reexportation, sale, or 

supply to the Russian Federation of 

such software, hardware, or technology 

is licensed or otherwise authorized by 

the Department of Commerce pursuant 

to the EAR; and 

(ii) If the software, hardware, or 

technology is not subject to the EAR, the 

exportation, reexportation, sale, or 

supply to the Russian Federation of 

such software, hardware, or technology 

would be eligible for a license exception 

or otherwise authorized by the 

Department of Commerce if it were 

subject to the EAR. 

(d) This general license does not 

authorize: 

(1) The opening or maintaining of a 

correspondent account or payablethrough account for or on behalf of any 

entity subject to Directive 2 under 

Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, 

Prohibitions Related to Correspondent 

or Payable-Through Accounts and 

Processing of Transactions Involving 

Certain Foreign Financial Institutions; 

(2) Any debit to an account on the 

books of a U.S. financial institution of 

the Central Bank of the Russian 

Federation, the National Wealth Fund of 

the Russian Federation, or the Ministry 

of Finance of the Russian Federation; 

(3) Any transactions prohibited by 

E.O. 14066 or E.O. 14068; or 

(4) Any transactions prohibited by the 

RuHSR involving one or more of the 

following entities, unless separately 

authorized: 

(i) Joint Stock Company Channel One 

Russia; 

(ii) Joint Stock Company NTV 

Broadcasting Company; 

(iii) Television Station Russia-1; 

(iv) Limited Liability Company 

Algoritm; 

(v) New Eastern Outlook; 

(vi) Oriental Review; 

(vii) Garantex Europe OU; 

(viii) Autonomous Non-Profit 

Organization Dialog; 

(ix) Autonomous Non-Profit 

Organization Dialog Regions; 

(x) Federal State Unitary Enterprise 

International Information Agency 

Rossiya Segodnya; or 

(xi) Autonomous Non Profit 

Organization TV Novosti. 

(e) Effective September 13, 2024, 

General License No. 25E, dated 

September 4, 2024, is replaced and 

superseded in its entirety by this 

General License No. 25F. 

Note to General License No. 25F. 

Nothing in this general license relieves 

any person from compliance with any 

other Federal laws or requirements of 

other Federal agencies, including 

export, reexport, and transfer (incountry) licensing requirements 

maintained by the Department of 

Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and 

Security under the EAR. 

Lisa M. Palluconi, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

Dated: September 13, 2024. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS 

CONTROL 

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities 

Sanctions Regulations 

31 CFR Part 587 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 108 

Authorizing Limited Safety and 

Environmental Transactions Involving 

Certain Blocked Persons or Vessels 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c) of this general license, all 

transactions prohibited by Executive 

Order (E.O.) 14024 that are ordinarily 

incident and necessary to one of the 

following activities involving the 

blocked persons described in paragraph 

(b) are authorized through 12:01 a.m. 

eastern standard time, November 6, 

2024, provided that any payment to a 

blocked person must be made into a 

blocked account in accordance with the 

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities 

Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 

(RuHSR): 

(1) The safe docking and anchoring in 

port of any vessels in which any person 

listed in paragraph (b) of this general 

license has a property interest (the 

‘‘blocked vessels’’); 

(2) The preservation of the health or 

safety of the crew of any of the blocked 

vessels; or 

(3) Emergency repairs of any of the 

blocked vessels or environmental 

mitigation or protection activities 

relating to any of the blocked vessels. 

(b) The authorization in paragraph (a) 

of this general license applies to the 

following blocked persons listed on the 

Office of Foreign Assets Control’s 

Specially Designated Nationals and 

Blocked Persons List and any entity in 

which any of the following persons 

own, directly or indirectly, individually 

or in the aggregate, a 50 percent or 

greater interest: 

(1) Gotik Shipping Co; or 

(2) Plio Energy Cargo Shipping OPC 

Private Limited. 


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(c) This general license does not 

authorize: 

(1) The entry into any new 

commercial contracts involving the 

property or interests in property of any 

blocked persons, including the blocked 

entities described in paragraph (b) of 

this general license, except as 

authorized by paragraph (a); 

(2) The offloading of any cargo 

onboard any of the blocked vessels, 

including the offloading of liquefied 

natural gas of Russian Federation origin, 

except for the offloading of cargo that is 

ordinarily incident and necessary to 

address vessel emergencies authorized 

pursuant to paragraph (a) of this general 

license; 

(3) Any transactions related to the sale 

of liquefied natural gas of Russian 

Federation origin; 

(4) Any transactions prohibited by 

Directive 2 under E.O. 14024, 

Prohibitions Related to Correspondent 

or Payable-Through Accounts and 

Processing of Transactions Involving 

Certain Foreign Financial Institutions; 

(5) Any transactions prohibited by 

Directive 4 under E.O. 14024, 

Prohibitions Related to Transactions 

Involving the Central Bank of the 

Russian Federation, the National 

Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, 

and the Ministry of Finance of the 

Russian Federation; or 

(6) Any transactions otherwise 

prohibited by the RuHSR, including 

transactions involving the property or 

interests in property of any person 

blocked pursuant to the RuHSR, other 

than transactions involving the blocked 

persons described in paragraph (b) of 

this general license, unless separately 

authorized. 

Lisa M. Palluconi, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

Dated: September 5, 2024. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS 

CONTROL 

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities 

Sanctions Regulations 

31 CFR Part 587 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 109 

Authorizing the Wind Down of 

Transactions Involving Certain Entities 

Blocked on September 13, 2024 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b) of this general license, all 

transactions prohibited by Executive 

Order (E.O.) 14024 that are ordinarily 

incident and necessary to the wind 

down of any transaction involving one 

or more of the following blocked entities 

are authorized through 12:01 a.m. 

eastern standard time, November 13, 

2024, provided that any payment to a 

blocked person must be made into a 

blocked account in accordance with the 

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities 

Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 

(RuHSR): 

(1) Federal State Unitary Enterprise 

International Information Agency 

Rossiya Segodnya; 

(2) Autonomous Non Profit 

Organization TV Novosti; or 

(3) Any entity in which one or more 

of the above persons own, directly or 

indirectly, individually or in the 

aggregate, a 50 percent or greater 

interest. 

(b) This general license does not 

authorize: 

(1) Any transactions prohibited by 

Directive 2 under E.O. 14024, 

Prohibitions Related to Correspondent 

or Payable-Through Accounts and 

Processing of Transactions Involving 

Certain Foreign Financial Institutions; 

(2) Any transactions prohibited by 

Directive 4 under E.O. 14024, 

Prohibitions Related to Transactions 

Involving the Central Bank of the 

Russian Federation, the National 

Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, 

and the Ministry of Finance of the 

Russian Federation; or 

(3) Any transactions otherwise 

prohibited by the RuHSR, including 

transactions involving any person 

blocked pursuant to the RuHSR other 

than the blocked persons described in 

paragraph (a) of this general license, 

unless separately authorized. 

Lisa M. Palluconi, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

Dated: September 13, 2024. 

Lisa M. Palluconi, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket Number USCG–2024–0417] 

RIN 1625–AA00 

Safety Zone, Cumberland River, 

Nashville, TN 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Temporary final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is 

establishing a temporary safety zone for 

certain navigable waters of the 

Cumberland River near Broadway 

Riverfront Park, Nashville, TN. The 

safety zone is needed to protect 

personnel, vessels, and the marine 

environment from potential hazards 

associated with the fireworks displays 

occurring on both September 25 and 27, 

2024, between Mile Markers (MM) 190.5 

and 191.5. This proposed rulemaking 

would prohibit persons and vessels 

from being in the safety zone unless 

authorized by the Captain of the Port 

Sector Ohio Valley or a designated 

representative. 

DATES: This rule is effective from 8:30 

p.m. through 10 p.m. on September 25, 

2024, and September 27, 2024. This rule 

will be enforced from 8:30 p.m. to 10 

p.m. on September 25, 2024, and 

September 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to https://

www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2024– 

0417 in the search box and click 

‘‘Search.’’ Next, in the Document Type 

column, select ‘‘Supporting & Related 

Material.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about this rule, call 

or email Marine Science Technician 

Third Class Joshua Carter, U.S. Coast 

Guard, MSD Nashville; telephone 615– 

736–5421 ext. 2104, email 

Joshua.D.Carter@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Table of Abbreviations 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking 

§ Section 

U.S.C. United States Code 

II. Background Information and 

Regulatory History 

The Coast Guard is issuing this 

temporary rule under authority in 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B). This statutory 

provision authorizes an agency to issue 

a rule without prior notice and 

opportunity to comment when the 

agency for good cause finds that those 

procedures are ‘‘impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ The Coast Guard finds that 

good cause exists for not publishing a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

with respect to this rule because the 

fireworks shows on September 25 and 

27, 2024, pose a significant safety 

hazard to the public. It is impracticable 

to publish an NPRM because we must 

establish this safety zone by September 

25, 2024. 


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