In total, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sanctioned more than 50 senior Russian officials, including members of the Cabinet and dozens of governors and regional heads.
On the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the United States imposed additional sanctions against the aggressor state. Information about this was published on the website of the US State Department.
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Effective March 10, the US imposes a 200% tariff on aluminum and aluminum products imported from Russia.
It is also known that the White House has increased taxes on mineral and chemical products imported from the Russian Federation to America.
In addition, export restrictions were imposed on 90 companies from the Russian Federation, China and other countries, as they helped to circumvent existing sanctions.
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As part of the new US sanctions, 10 Russian ministers, including Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov, Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova, Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin, Labor and Social Protection Minister Anton Kotyakov and Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov, were dismissed.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova was also subject to US sanctions.
Propaganda journalist Olga Skabeeva also came under restrictions.
The State Department also imposed sanctions on:
- Yury Averyanov, First Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation;
- Anatoly Razinkin, First Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation;
- Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Magomedsalam Magomedov
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In turn, the US Treasury imposed restrictions (restrictions on the production, sale and export of goods – ed.) against 22 individuals and 83 legal entities from Russia.
The attacking country’s metallurgical sector and mining sector were also covered by the restrictions.
Additional sanctions were introduced on February 24 against the enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation.
Restrictions were also imposed on the banking system of the Russian Federation. The following were penalized:
- Lanta Bank;
- Metallinvestbank;
- Moscow Credit Bank;
- MTS Bank;
- SDM bank;
- Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development;
- “Zenit”;
- “Left Bank”;
- “Primorye”;
- “Saint Petersburg”;
- Uralsib.
In addition, the USA imposed restrictions on the Russian company, which took over the operation of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. We are talking about the joint-stock company “Operating organization of Zaporizhzhya NPP” registered in Moscow.
Oleg Romanenko, head of the Zaporizhzhya NGS, appointed by the Russian invaders after the station was seized, also fell under the sanctions.
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The US Department of Commerce also blacklisted 10 organizations located in the Russian Federation, China and some other countries.
Thus, export restrictions to Iran were tightened due to the supply of attack aircraft to the Russian Armed Forces, which attacked the Ukrainian infrastructure.
In addition, export restrictions were imposed on the Ilyushin Aviation Complex, whose name is the Rocket Center. Academician Makeev, Institute of Applied Mathematics. Keldysh, Research Institute for Systems Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Technopark “Skolkovo” (collection of all key topics of local entrepreneurial activity of the Russian Federation – ed.) and companies related to it were also blacklisted by the US Department of Commerce for threatening national security
Recall, on February 22, it was learned that the Joe Biden administration had prepared a new set of restrictions against 200 Russian natural and legal persons to support the great war in Ukraine. The focus is on front companies that help Moscow evade sanctions.
Focus He also wrote that at the end of January, the United States had imposed sanctions on Wagner PMCs. The list of new sanctions of the Ministry of Finance then included 6 individuals and 12 legal entities connected with mercenaries and the Russian military-industrial complex. Some companies provided the militants with satellite images of the war in Ukraine.
Source: Focus
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