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For U.S. companies, staying on the right side of U.S. sanctions against Russia can be far from straightforward, thanks to the opaque ownership structures often used by Russian businesses. The sanctions, imposed by the U.S. after Russia's military incursion into Ukraine, forbid American companies from dealing with sanctioned people or the companies they own. But what, exactly, do sanctioned individuals own? 

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