The sanctions target a private military company, a China-based firm and entities linked to state-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom, among others
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on more than 120 people and entities to squeeze Russia over its war in Ukraine, targeting a private military company, a China-based firm and entities linked to state-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom, among others.
The actions reflect an effort by the U.S. government both to broaden the web of U.S. sanctions placed on Moscow since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine and to squelch efforts to circumvent them. “The United States will continue to take action against Russia and those supporting its war in Ukraine,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement, saying this was in keeping with the G7’s “commitment to impose severe consequences on third country actors who support Russia’s war in Ukraine.”
Also targeted was China HEAD Aerospace Technology Co, a China-based satellite image reseller that the State Department said supplied satellite imagery of locations in Ukraine to entities affiliated with Wagner and its head, Yevgeny Prigozhin. Among the companies organized under Usmanov’s USM Holdings that Washington targeted were Russian mobile operator Megafon; Russia’s biggest iron ore producer Metalloinvest, including Metalloinvest’s Swiss-based and UAE-based subsidiaries; the operator of the Russia-based Udokan copper project and Usmanov’s Uzbekistan-based cement producer Akhangarancement.
USM Holdings said earlier in response to British sanctions that it considers the measures against the company and its shareholders “unjust and unfounded,” adding that Usmanov has not been engaged in business activity for a long time.
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