The US Treasury has also imposed sanctions on nearly 60 people from other countries that allow the Russian Federation to buy technology and equipment from other countries.
The US Treasury Department on Wednesday, May 1, announced sanctions against nearly 200 individuals and entities that contribute to Russia’s military-industrial complex and help it evade restrictions already in place. This was reported by the press service of the American department.
The sanctions package targets Russia’s military industrial base and its chemical and biological weapons programs, as well as individuals and entities in third countries that help Russia buy components for in the production of weapons or defense.
The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on nearly 60 people from Azerbaijan, Belgium, China, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, allowing the Russian Federation to purchase necessary technologies and equipment from other countries.
More than 100 organizations on the updated sanctions list work or have worked in the technology, defense, manufacturing and transport sectors of the Russian economy. In particular, the list includes one of Russia’s largest airlines, Pobeda.
Restrictions were also introduced against several factories, in particular, the Ural Automobile Plant, the Bryansk Automobile Plant, the Yaroslavl Motor Plant, the Fryazino Power Transistor Plant, the Vladimir Precision Alloys Plant and the Proton Plant.
Among the sanctioned companies are Sibanthracite, companies from the IBS group and the Astra Group. In addition, more than 10 vessels were included in the sanctions lists.
Another block of American sanctions is aimed at the main Russian importers of cotton pulp, nitrocellulose and its main components, as well as two suppliers of these goods from China.
Two Russian companies involved in the construction of gas infrastructure in Russia – Neftegazstroy and VNIPIgazdobycha – fell under new American sanctions.
The United States has also imposed sanctions against more than 80 entities and individuals involved in evading sanctions against Russia or related to Russia’s chemical and biological weapons programs and defense industrial base.
We remind you that earlier the United States expanded the list of sanctions by adding companies from Russia, China and the United Arab Emirates.
Today the US Senate voted in favor of a bill banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia. President Joe Biden must now sign it.
Source: korrespondent
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