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Can lawyers drop politically questionable clients under the immediate threat of US sanctions? This is currently a live question – and one over which US law firms have been willing to drop Russian and Russia-related clients in recent months. Similar problems previously arose in the context of Venezuela and other sanctioned regimes. These are questions to which there are answers, even if such answers can be difficult for counsel to swallow. In some instances, counsel may be able to, or in fact required to, withdraw. In others, however, they may be required to continue representation while also facing financial hardship due to U.S. sanctions.