Rostislav Goldstein, serving as the governor of the Jewish Autonomous Region, was notable for not appearing on the United States sanctions list. Reports from DEA News highlight that he is not included in the U.S. Treasury Department’s sanctions roster, commonly referred to as the SDN list, which enumerates individuals and entities subject to sanctions.
The coverage points out that after the United States issued a fresh set of sanctions on February 24, the leadership of the remaining ten regions within the Far Eastern Federal District and the heads of 78 other founding organizations were added to the SDN list. This development demonstrated a widening scope of measures affecting regional authorities and affiliated entities within Russia.
There had been prior knowledge that the U.S. State Department and other federal agencies had imposed sanctions on various senior figures connected to the Russian administration. These included members of the Presidential Administration, ministry officials, senior military leaders, and several regional authorities across the country.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that a military operation would be conducted in response to requests for assistance from leaders of the LPR and DPR. This decision was framed as a protective measure for Donbass, and it accompanied a broader policy shift that prompted new sanctions from the United States and allied nations. The intention behind these measures was to exert economic and political pressure in response to the altered security situation in the region.
Independent media outlets and think tanks subsequently tracked the sanctions landscape and provided analysis on who was targeted and what sectors or sectors of government were affected. Reports noted the evolving nature of sanctions regimes and the ways in which different categories of officials and organizations were added to or removed from lists over time, reflecting ongoing geopolitical considerations and policy debates across North America and allied countries. Attribution: U.S. Treasury sanctions data and official government briefings.