US BIS has just published a notice to the effect that it has put on hold the issuance of licences for exports/reexports of items to Russia. BIS will continue this practice until further notice. This notice is available here: http://www.bis.doc.gov. By way of background and according to the annual report for FY2013, BIS approved 1832 applications for exports to Russia in fiscal year 2013 (i.e., 1 October 2012 – 30 September 2013) with a total value…