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        Ali Saffar

        Head of Division for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Ali Al-Saffar is the Middle East and North Africa programme manager at the International Energy Agency, leading the IEA’s engagement with the region and acting as a key advisor to the executive management. Prior to this role, he was an energy analyst at the Directorate for Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks, where he co-authored seven editions of the IEA’s flagship long-term forecast, the World Energy Outlook.

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        Kristen Panerali

        Head, Clean Power and Electrification, World Economic Forum.

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        Elie Bellevrat

        Former WEO Energy analyst.

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        Luca Lo Re

        International Climate and Energy Analyst. Luca Lo Re leads the IEA work in the OECD/IEA Climate Change Expert Group. With OECD colleagues, he produces papers to enhance the understanding of technical issues in international climate change negotiations and Paris Agreement implementation. In particular, his works focuses on international carbon markets (Art. 6 of the Paris Agreement). He also leads the organisation of the annual IEA-IETA-EPRI GHG Emissions Trading Workshop, and supports various works of the Agency related to Net Zero.

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        Akinwumi Adesina

        President.

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        Marina Petrelli

        Energy Analyst Africa.

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        Giulia D’Angiolini

        Energy Efficiency Policy Analyst.

        • Policy

        • United States

        • 2014

        Russia-related sanctions

        …following the Russian annexation of Crimea, the United States (US) enforced a package of economic sanctions and restrictions on energy-related equipment and technology. This first package of measures included, amongst other restrictions, sanctions on two major banks (Gazprombank and VEB) and energy companies (Novatek and Rosneft), as well as a ban on the provision of critical technologies and equipment required by the Russian oil sector, including those enabling deepwater and Arctic oil exploration and production and shale oil projects in Russia. This first set of measures were extended until Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. A second set…

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        Jonas Gahr Støre

        Prime Minister.

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        Oskar Kvarnström

        Former Energy Policy Analyst.

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