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Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") Acting Director John E. Smith testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee. His testimony concerned recent amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations and the implications for agricultural trade with Cuba. See: Acting Director John E. Smith's Testimony . Related news: OFAC Updates FAQ about the Cuba Sanctions Program, Limits Travelers' Free Time (with Lofchie Video Selection) (April 20, 2015).

On Thursday, June 5, 2014, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) chaired a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on developments in Ukraine. Witnesses at the hearing included Jane Harman (President and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars), Steven Pifer (Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and former Ambassador to Ukraine), James Jeffrey (Visiting Fellow at the Washington Institute and former Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor), Mark Green (President of the International Republican Institute) and Kenneth Wollack (President of the

On Friday, the European Union issued a new list of twelve individuals (ten Russians and two Ukrainians) subject to travel bans and asset freezes in connection with their role in "undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine." Notably, the EU list is limited to officials, lawmakers, and military officers-it does not include any entities or private businessmen (so-called "cronies" of President Putin's administration). In contrast, the most recent U.S. sanctions list (UKRAINE2), issued Thursday under Executive Order 13661, contained a number of