Zadornov SDN Delisting: How It Was Done
On April 3, 2026, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) announced the Zadornov SDN delisting, ending nearly four years of U.S. blocking sanctions. The result followed a deliberate two-stage legal strategy: an administrative petition to OFAC, followed by a lawsuit in federal court. Below, we analyze how this was accomplished and what lessons the case...