Despite the geopolitical tensions, the Russian government is making payments on its sovereign debt and Western governments are allowing circuitous transfers to get those funds to the debt holders.
In my 12 years of monitoring compliance programs for companies with operations in Latin America, I have seen multinationals struggle to implement their compliance programs.
In a dramatic escalation of the rift between Russia and the West, the Russian Federation has issued an edict allowing its citizens to copy and use Western patents without payment or requiring authorization for use.
The U.S. Justice Department started a task force focused on enforcement of sanctions and export control restrictions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
"The ruble has ceased to be a freely convertible currency with the sweeping sanctions. In terms of currency policy, this throws Russia back to the early 1990s and the time before the country's comprehensive economic opening."