The Yermak-McFaul Expert Group on Russian Sanctions is an international group of independent experts working on the implementation of sanctions against Russia and Belarus as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Yermak-McFaul Expert Group publishes documents, strategies and roadmaps that contain plans and recommendations for sanctions against Russia and Belarus and monitors their effectiveness. The Group's work is used by the officials of the sanction coalition. Many experts of the Group were sanctioned by Russia.
The Yermak-McFaul Expert Group was created at the initiative of President Volodymyr Zelensky. It is led by the Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Andrii Yermak and the Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) Michael McFaul.[1] The analytical materials for the group are provided by the KSE Institute, the Institute for International Finance, the Yale School of Management, as well as the Economists for Ukraine association. The KSE Institute is mandated by the government and Presidential Office of Ukraine to monitor the implementation of sanctions, analyse their effectiveness and prepare other analytical documents on the need to introduce new restrictions on the Russian economy.