Turkey Seeks U.S. Waiver to Continue Paying for Its Russian Energy Imports

Turkey is seeking a U.S. sanctions waiver to continue using a now-sanctioned Russian bank for paying for its energy imports from Russia, while also talking with Russian officials about the future of energy trade and payments. Last week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Gazprombank in what the Treasury said was “another major step in implementing commitments made by G7 leaders to curtail Russia’s use of the international financial system to further its war against Ukraine.”…