The United States imposed sanctions against the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank and the head of the "Discovery"

Washington expanded the sanctions list against the Russians. Among those sanctioned - Deputy Heads of the Central Bank Ksenia Yudaeva and Mikhail Alekseev,the management of FC Otkritie Bank and the son of entrepreneur Konstantin Malofeev Mikhail Zadornov

The US has imposed sanctions on 29 individuals and 40 legal entities from RUSSIA. This was reported on the website of the US Treasury. The sanctions lists included the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia, Ksenia Yudaeva, and the chairman of the board of Otkritie Bank, Mikhail Zadornov.

The sanctions list also includes:

Mikhail Alekseev, Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank; Alexey Simanovsky, advisor to the HEAD of the Central Bank; Vladimir Kolychev, Deputy Minister of Finance; Nadezhda Cherkasova, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of FC Otkritie Bank; Evgeny Gadetsky, General DIRECTOR of Spetsinvestservis; Paul Goldfinch, Member of the Supervisory Board of FC Otkritie Bank; Anatoly Karachinsky, member of the Supervisory Board of FC Otkritie Bank, President of IBS Group; Irina Kremleva, board member of FC Otkritie.

In addition, the son of businessman Konstantin Malofeev Kirill fell under US sanctions, as well as several other people associated with FC Otkritie bank: deputy chairman of the board Dmitry Levin, Viktor Nikolaev, Tatyana Nesterenko, member of the supervisory board Andrey Golikov.

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Sanctions were also imposed on the structures of the Tsargrad TV company and PJSC Transcapitalbank, which is the operator of the payment infrastructure services provided by the new Hello payment system, which was registered by the Central Bank. The US Treasury Department noted that representatives of Transcapitalbank offered services to several banks in CHINA and the Middle East, and "options for circumventing international sanctions."

“In order to avoid sanctions-related restrictions, Transcapitalbank offered its clients to conduct transactions through its own Internet-based banking system, known as TKB Business, an alternative communication channel with the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) network, including for the purpose of processing DOLLAR payments for customers subject to sanctions, ”the message says.

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In addition, Transcapitalbank sought to create a settlement center in Asia without involving US or European banks in the clearing process, the US ministry said.

"Daughter" of "Transcapitalbank" - JSCB "Investtorgbank" - also hit the sanctions list because it "belongs to or is controlled by TKB."

Among the legal entities that fell under the sanctions: the Katehon analytical center, ANO "International Agency for Sovereign Development", operator of data centers for cryptocurrency mining BitRiver, Resort Livadia LLC, Siberian Minerals LLC, Zarechye-Oka LLC, LLC " Resort "Tsargrad Spas-Teshilovo", LLC "Ecofarm Zarechye" and other companies.

The new sanctions will not affect the work of Otkritie, its representative told RBC. “The bank will continue to operate as usual,” he added.

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Earlier, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said that Washington's next goal is sanctions against the Russian military-industrial complex (DIC) and its supply chains.

The United States and other Western countries began to impose sanctions against Russia after Moscow announced the recognition of the DPR and LPR, and then the start of a military operation in Ukraine, the purpose of which was called denazification and demilitarization.

The restrictions also affected the main Russian banks - Sberbank, VTB, VEB, Otkritie, Rossiya and others, several state corporations, part of the international reserves of the Central Bank, as well as businessmen, officials, journalists and representatives of the Russian leadership, in particular President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Putin considers sanctions against Russia illegitimate. “Sanctions will be imposed in any case. There is some reason today, connected there with the events in Ukraine, or there is no such reason, it will be found, because the goal is different. The goal in this case is to slow down the development of Russia,” he said in February, before the start of the special operation. He called sanctions pressure violating the principles of international law.