Case No. SDGT-2017-344570-1
RUSAVIAINVEST
25, 1st Soviet pereulok
Shelkovo, Moscow 141100
Russian Federation
Dear Sir or Madam:
This letter responds to your request of 04/24/2017, to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) requesting the release of the following blocked funds transfer:
Originator: OOO Rusaviainvest:
Originating Bank: Commercial bank 'Absolut Bank' (PAO)
Value Date: 04/03/2017
Amount: $1,000,000.00
Beneficiary Bank: National Bank for Foreign Economic Activity of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Beneficiary: Uzbekistan Airways
JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association properly blocked this transfer pursuant to U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC. In accordance with 31 C.F.R., Ch. V and/or applicable Executive orders, all property in which a sanctions target has an interest and that comes within the possession or control of a U.S. person is blocked. Copies of the relevant regulations and Executive orders are available at OFAC's Website at http://www.treasury.gov/ofac/, or upon...
Notes:
*Document connected to Rusaviainvest, OOO v. Mnuchin et al (1:18-cv-05676) (SDNY, 2018)). The case is pending as of 1/2021. For commentary on unblocking licenses issued in connection with litigation generally, see General Note on, and Notable Examples of, Specific Licenses Issued Pursuant to Unwritten Licensing Policies.
1) See attached PDF for i) the blocking notices (pages 1-12), and ii) the litigation docket, including the complaint, annexes to the complaint, the Government’s Motion to Dismiss, and annexes thereto.
2) This case is notable in particular for the procedural issues raised in connection with the license request to have the funds unblocked and the ensuing litigation. In the complaint, Plaintiff describes, with evidence to support its assertions, a period of almost two years in which it not only had its unblocking requests denied, but in which it was not even told what blocked person was deemed to have had...