WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on

Thursday confirmed that a license allowing a wind-down of energy

transactions with Russian financial institutions expired as

scheduled this week under stiff sanctions imposed in the final

days of Joe Biden's presidency.

A Treasury spokesperson said that General License 8L expired

at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Wednesday. The Biden administration granted

the license on January 10 to clear remaining transactions as it

banned energy financing deals with Russian banks, including

Sberbank, VTB and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.