Six Russian deputy ministers, a deputy director of the FSB security service and the Smolensk region governor were targeted. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday imposed Russia-related sanctions against nearly 120 people and entities aimed at blocking Moscow’s access to electronics and other goods that aid itsThe new measures also are designed to “reduce Russia’s revenue from the metals and mining sector, undermine its future energy capabilities and degrade Russia’s access to the international financial system,” Treasury said in a statement.
The White House’s “destructive actions” confirmed Russia’s policy of boosting its “defense capability and financial and technological sovereignty” and leave no alternative “to speeding up the process of decoupling the dollar from worldwide economic relations,” an embassy statement said.
Six Russian deputy ministers, a deputy director of the FSB security service and the Smolensk region governor were targeted, the State Department said. The measures stem from commitments to aid Ukraine by G-7 leaders and are intended to disrupt Moscow’s attempts to evade sanctions by obtaining foreign-made electronics, technology and other goods through third parties and shipment points outside of Russia, the US Treasury said.
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