The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign
Assets Control ("OFAC") has sanctioned
Dmitry Kudryakov, a Russian national, and Iryna Litviniuk, a
Belarusian national, for their role in the Guatemalan mining
sector, as well as three associated entities-Compania Guatemalteca
de Niquel ("CGN"), Compania Procesadora
de Niquel ("ProNiCo"), and
Mayaniquel-connected with certain corruption schemes. CNG, ProNiCo,
and Mayaniquel function as subsidiaries of the Solway Investment
group ("Solway"), a Russian enterprise
that, the Treasury Department says, has exploited Guatemalan mines
since 2011. The leader of Solway's mining operations in
Guatemala, Kudryakov, along with Litviniuk, allegedly led multiple
bribery schemes over several years involving politicians, judges,
and government officials. In addition, Litviniuk is alleged to have
conducted corrupt acts in furtherance of Russian influence-peddling
schemes by unlawfully giving cash payments to public officials
