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US imposes sanctions on hundreds of Russian individuals, legal entities, including Putin’s relative

Washington has imposed sanctions against nearly 400 entities and individuals directly or indirectly involved in supporting Russia in its war against Ukraine, the State Department has announced.

The US and its allies regularly introduce new restrictions on entities and individuals that fuel Moscow’s aggression in Kiev and help Russia circumvent sanctions.

The recent limitations are applied to companies involved in sanctions evasion networks in 17 jurisdictions, including China, India, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Thailand, and Turkey, according to the US Treasury Department.

The US Treasury Department added about 40 foreign companies to the sanctions list and expanded controls over nearly 50 other organizations to limit the illegal flow of “sensitive dual-use goods” to Russia.

The export of precursors to Russia and Belarus was also restricted in order to prevent the production of components that could be used on the battlefield.

The sanctions were imposed on a company that transported equipment for the Russian Arctic LNG 2 project and a network of shipping companies from the UAE and Singapore involved in the purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation vessels for Russia’s Novatek company.

Besides, three subsidiaries of Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear energy company, were sanctioned as well.

“The US and our allies will continue to take decisive action across the globe to stop the flow of critical tools and technologies that Russia needs to wage its illegal and immoral war against Ukraine,” Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo noted.

The US Treasury Department also sanctioned Russian Deputy Defense Ministers Pavel Fradkov, Andrei Bulyga, Alexander Fomin, and Viktor Goremykin.

Fomin was appointed deputy defense minister in early 2017, Goremykin in July 2022, Bulyga in March 2024, and Fradkov in June, already after Andrei Belousov became the new head of Russia’s Defense Ministry.

In addition, the US sanctions list includes Anna Tsivileva, the great-niece of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been under European Union sanctions since 2023.

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