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U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Former Sberbank CFO Buriko

12/30/2025

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U.S. Treasury lifted sanctions on Alexandra Buriko, former CFO of Russia's Sberbank, on December 30, 2025.
Buriko was sanctioned in May 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
She resigned from Sberbank shortly after the invasion.
In December 2024, Buriko filed a lawsuit against the Treasury challenging the sanctions as unlawful because she severed ties with Sberbank.
The lawsuit is pending, and negotiations between Buriko and the U.S. government are ongoing.

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U.S. Treasury lifted sanctions on Alexandra Buriko, former CFO of Russia's Sberbank, on December 30, 2025.
Buriko was sanctioned in May 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
She resigned from Sberbank shortly after the invasion.
In December 2024, Buriko filed a lawsuit against the Treasury challenging the sanctions as unlawful because she severed ties with Sberbank.
The lawsuit is pending, and negotiations between Buriko and the U.S. government are ongoing.