{"event":{"id":"evt-bis-russia-controls-20220224","dedupe_key":"technology_export_control:2022-02-24:u-s-export-controls-restrict-russia-s-access-to-semiconductors-and-other-technologies","event_type":"technology_export_control","title":"U.S. export controls restrict Russia's access to semiconductors and other technologies","summary":"After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Commerce Department imposed controls affecting semiconductors, computers, telecommunications and other technology, with allied coordination.","occurred_at":"2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","published_at":"2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","observed_at":"2026-10-01T17:04:00.000Z","reconstructed_at":"2026-10-01T17:34:32.000Z","ingest_type":"live_world_scan","locations":["United States","Russia"],"status":"verified","confidence":0.99,"metadata":{"actors":["U.S. Department of Commerce","Bureau of Industry and Security"],"what_happened_at_time":"Technology export restrictions were imposed on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.","evidence_at_time":"BIS rule announcement and contemporaneous Reuters reporting described semiconductors, computers and telecommunications among controlled categories.","retrospective_inference":"Foundational technology access could be directly constrained through geopolitical/export-control mechanisms.","uncertainty":"These controls were not AI-specific and should not be described as the start of later AI-chip export-control policy."},"created_at":"2026-10-01T18:05:36.369Z","updated_at":"2026-10-01T18:05:36.369Z"},"artifacts":[{"id":"art-bis-russia-controls-20220224","canonical_url":"https://www.bis.gov/press-release/commerce-implements-sweeping-restrictions-exports-russia-response-further-invasion-ukraine","artifact_type":"export_control_rule","title":"U.S. technology export restrictions on Russia","summary":"The U.S. Commerce Department imposed broad export restrictions affecting semiconductors, computers, telecommunications and other technology after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.","creator_entities":["U.S. Department of Commerce","Bureau of Industry and Security"],"released_at":"2022-02-24T00:00:00.000Z","content_hash":null,"metadata":{"historical_scope":"2022-Q1","scope_note":"Not AI-specific; mapped only as evidence that access to foundational technology layers could be constrained geopolitically."},"created_at":"2026-10-01T18:05:36.360Z","updated_at":"2026-10-01T18:05:36.360Z","relation":"documented_by"}],"signals":[{"id":"sig-geopolitics-tech-access-2022q1","statement":"Geopolitical policy could materially constrain access to semiconductors, computers and other foundational technologies through export-control mechanisms.","signal_type":"geopolitical_constraint","direction":"increasing","confidence":0.97,"epistemic_status":"observed_fact","mapping_mode":"retrospective","reconstructed_at":"2026-10-01T17:34:32.000Z","created_at":"2026-10-01T18:05:36.377Z","updated_at":"2026-10-01T18:05:36.377Z"}]}