US expands sanctions against Russia to include more than 30 individuals and nearly 200 companies
The United States has taken action against a network of companies supplying dual-use microelectronics
The United States has expanded sanctions against Russia. The updated lists of the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control include Sistema, Arctic LNG-2, SPB Exchange, Pochta Bank, and many others.
Sanctions were also imposed against Bauman Moscow State Technical University, AEON and the son of its founder, Gleb Trotsenko.
The blacklist includes:
- Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Yevtukhov and Aleksey Bezprozvannykh;
- Oleksandr Zakharov, who developed Lancet drones, and his family members;
- Yakub Zakriev, who became the head of the Russian subsidiary of the French Danone after the transfer of shares in the company to Rosimuschestvo,
- his father is the first deputy chairman of the Chechen parliament, Salman Zakriev;
- Deputy Minister of Digital Development Oleg Kachanov;
- Alexey Serko, Deputy Minister of Civil Defense of the Russian Federation;
- Diplomat Alexei Novikov and others.
The US State Department has taken action against a network of companies that supply dual-use microelectronics and other technologies to the Russian defense industry. On this basis, Baltelektron, Macro Tim, Advanto Electro, Comfort Max, and related companies Dafengm and Neway Technologies Limited were added to the list.
As The Insider previously reported in an investigation, Moscow-based Macro Tim LLC received $226,000 worth of Texas Instruments chips and $211,000 worth of Analog Devices chips from March to November 2022. They are used in Russian missiles and satellite communications systems.
This company was a regular supplier of electronics to the FSB's military unit 35533, having fulfilled at least 86 government orders for chips, other electronic devices and components.
In addition, the sanctions affected a number of subsidiaries of Gazprom Neft and the Research Center for Cybernetics and Automation.
Background. The day before, it was reported that three Russians were arrested in the United States and accused of supplying $10 million worth of American electronics to the Russian army.
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