To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On April 15, 2021, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14024, titled the “Executive Order on Blocking Property With Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation,” which authorized new sanctions on Russia for a variety of “malign” activities, including interference in U.S. elections, cyberattacks against the U.S. and violations of the territorial integrity of other countries. On the same day, the Biden administration imposed a range of blocking sanctions against Russian individuals and entities — both pursuant to the newly issued executive order and under certain previous executive orders — and issued a new directive prohibiting U.S. financial institutions from engaging in certain transactions in Russian government debt.