The seminar is intended to give participants accurate and detailed information about sanctions imposed by all sides up-to-date, an understanding of what the sanctions actually forbid, provide an overview of the present state of international trade with Russia, and suggest ways to protect businesses in the current environment.

Seminar Program
Moderator: Lou Naumovski, CERBA National Chairman, Vice President of Kinross Gold Moscow Representative Office (to be confirmed)

9:45 – 10:00 Participant Registration. Morning Coffee

10:00 – 10:10 Welcome Speech
Nathan A. Hunt, CERBA, Founder and Moscow Chairman

10:10 – 10:30 American, European and Canadian Sanctions. Impacts and Mechanisms 
Laurence Khashimov Fara, RUSSIA CONSULTING, Senior Legal Expert

10:30 – 10:50 Retaliatory Russian Sanctions. Food Embargo. 
Higher School of Economics (tbd)

10:50 – 11:10 Application of sanctions to indirect, beneficial, minority and other shareholding structures. 
Ethan Heinz, Dentons, Of Counsel

11:10 – 11:30 Sanctions Compliance. Practical Advice and Lessons Learned
Nadia Leonova, Deloitte, Director of Corporate Finance

11:30 – 11:50 Russian Customs and Alternative Options for Imports and Exports 
Speaker to be confirmed

11:50 – 12:10 Sanctions in the context: Scenario approach for the Future 
Natalia Karpova, Expert on international business, Higher School of Economics

12:10 – 12:30 Questions and Answers