“The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) continues to disrupt the networks and channels through which Russia attempts to sustain its beleaguered military. Today’s sanctions focus on individuals and entities abetting Russia’s unconscionable war against Ukraine by providing Russia with much-needed technology and equipment from third countries,” the department of the Treasury said in a press release.
The sanctions list includes Russia’s Arctic LNG 2, Gazpromneft subsidiaries, and the conglomerate company AFK Sistema as well as a host of Russian banks, including Absolut, Pochta Bank, Russian Standard Bank.
The US imposed sanctions against dozens of manufacturers in Russia, including Absolyut Shar, Baltiyskaya Promishlennaya Kompaniya, Baltpromservis, Cybercom Limited, JSC Kompozit, Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo Lama, OOO TD Podshipnik Trade, OOO TD Sibirskiy Podshipnik, Stankomashstroy, Zavod Kompleksnye Dorozhnye Mashiny, Bazis Center LLC, according to the release.
The sanctions also affected two companies developing the attack drones Lancet and KUB-BLA, namely against Zala Aero and A Level Aerosystems CST, as well their owner Aleksandr Zakharov and his family members, the release said. The new sanctions also target the Bauman Moscow State Technical University and Russia-based metals and mining company Russian Titanium Company (Rustitan) as well as its President Anatoliy Tkachuk and Director General Alexey Novikov.
Additionally, the United States designated Artur Petrov, Russia-based Elektrokom VPK, and Cyprus-based Astrafteros Technokosmos LTD for allegedly each being a part of an evasion scheme to procure US-made electronics technology for Russian end-users, the release added.
Along with a long list of Russian entities, the new sanctions also target companies in the United Arab Emirates, China, Mongolia, Turkiye, and Switzerland.
The United States has imposed sanctions against nearly ten Turkish companies, including Basilevs Lojistik Medikal Tarim Ticaret Ve Sanayi Sti, Bosphorus Gate Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi, as well as Turkish national Berk Turken who is the owner of two more sanctioned companies BSB Grup Internet Ve Yapay Zeka Teknolojileri Anonim Sirketi and Turken Dijital Matbaa Teknolojileri Bilgisayar Bilisim Kirtasiye Fotografcilik Sanayi Ve Dis Ticaret Limited Sirketi.
OFAC also included more than a dozen companies in UAE to its new sanctions list, including 365 Days Freight Services, Alfa Logistics, Dubai Sea Breeze, Mobitronix for either delivering or supplying Russia with items in a breach of the export controls and sanction regime on Russia, according to the release. The Treasury sanctioned three companies in China, including Beijing Jiahehengde Technology Company Ltd., Beijing Shangyixianda Technology Company Ltd., China Taly Aviation Technologies Corp. for shipping to Russia high-tech electronics, optical equipement, and radar components, the release said.