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Blank Rome partner and <a href="/services-and-industries/international-trade/" type="poa_practice" id="18498">International Trade</a> co-chair <a href="/people/anthony-rapa/" type="poa_person" id="18891">Anthony Rapa</a> was recently quoted in The Wall Street Journal. An excerpt of the article is copied below.

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U.S. sanctions on Russia's largest oil companies mark "a step change" in efforts to pressure Moscow on the war in Ukraine and there's a good chance it will make it materially more difficult for Russia to bring oil to market, says&nbsp;Anthony Rapa, co-chair of Blank Rome's international trade practice. "Of the cards the U.S. had left to play this was a big one. From U.S. perspective it's going to come down to how do the major importers of Russian oil react to this,"&nbsp;he says. While the asset freeze is probably not that big of a deal for Rosneft and Lukoil, the secondary sanctions and prospects of sanctions on any banks or companies that provide support to them or their affiliates will weigh more,&nbsp;he adds. "Not everybody will be able to wave that off."

To read the full article, please&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-climbs-boosted-by-u-s-new-sanctions-on-russian-oil-giants-38465746?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqfbJxOHCsuA0xh9eui7bQ_ZLYjcQs3gLJpO58tcZMh4HdB5vQT4g_TnVGfoMNQ=&amp;gaa_ts=68fa5cdd&amp;gaa_sig=njX2dC3GG386EE6cf1quKF7CtDfVkLIQJmQI-sVxhf4R3yDpGI6br5MziMC6jAE1gkhPhB_gDAt7YPf4zz1VVQ==">click here</a>.

"Oil Futures Rally as U.S. Sanctions Russian Producers," was published in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-climbs-boosted-by-u-s-new-sanctions-on-russian-oil-giants-38465746?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqfbJxOHCsuA0xh9eui7bQ_ZLYjcQs3gLJpO58tcZMh4HdB5vQT4g_TnVGfoMNQ=&amp;gaa_ts=68fa5cdd&amp;gaa_sig=njX2dC3GG386EE6cf1quKF7CtDfVkLIQJmQI-sVxhf4R3yDpGI6br5MziMC6jAE1gkhPhB_gDAt7YPf4zz1VVQ==">The Wall Street Journal</a>&nbsp;on October 23, 2025.

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