US imposes sanctions for ties with Russia against ten people and 12 companies

The companies affected by the restrictions are registered in Singapore, Israel, Bulgaria, Latvia,as well as in Cyprus

The US Treasury Department has expanded anti-Russian sanctions . The list includes 12 companies, most of which are registered abroad, as well as ten individuals.

The list includes:

Igor and Jonathan (Nathan Igorevich) Zimenkov, whom the US Treasury considers connected with Russian defense projects, including the supply of "a Russian company of high-tech equipment." The agency claims that they also cooperated with sanctioned Rostec and Rosoboronexport. The Ministry of Finance mentions their role in deals related to cybersecurity and the sale of helicopters. Igor Zimenkov also provided assistance to the Belarusian military-industrial complex, the ministry claims. Based on materials from the Ministry of Finance, Asia Trading & Construction, headquartered in Singapore, is associated with the state corporation Rostec. She, according to the US authorities, helped with the sale of helicopters to a Latin American country. Texel FCG Technology 2100 Limited, which the US Department of the Treasury suspects of supplying optical infrared devices to Russia. The Ministry of Finance names Marx Blats as its CEO, and sanctions have also been imposed against his other company, Elektrooptika SIA. GBD Limited, which the agency claims is also linked to Zimenkov. Zimenkov's partner Alexander Volfovich and his adult sons Stanislav and Ariel. Cypriot companies Mateas Limited, Kliosa Limited, VFC Solutions Ltd, GMI Global Manufacturing & Integration Limited associated with Volfovich. Israeli DES Defense Engineering Solutions Ltd and Bulgarian U-Stone Limited EOOD, also associated with Volfovich. A resident of Uzbekistan, Max Piflax, associated, according to the US Treasury, with Mateas Limited, and his son Gilag Piflax. Igor Palnichenko associated with GMI Global Manufacturing & Integration Limited, as well as his other two companies Pitaron Limited and Terra-Az Limited.

RBC sent inquiries to the press services of Rostec and Rosoboronexport.

The Kremlin did not believe Nuland's statements about US readiness to ease sanctions Politics

The US Treasury announced the previous expansion of anti-Russian sanctions on January 26. At that time, Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Arkady Gostev, head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Yota founder Sergey Adonyev and his sons were also subject to restrictions.

Individuals and structures associated, according to the Ministry of Finance, with the Wagner PMC, fell under the sanctions. It was, among other things, about Alexander Ivanov and Valery Zakharov.

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Russia is the leader among the countries of the world in terms of the number of sanctions imposed against it. According to the Castellum.ai portal, which monitors restrictions, there are more than 13,500 sanctions against Moscow (until February 2022, there were just under 3,000). Iran is next, with just over 4,000 restrictions imposed against it. Moscow considers anti-Russian sanctions illegitimate.