The US government imposed sanctions against Russian companies involved in the supply of nuclear and missile technology to Iran, North Korea and Syria. Among them, the Tula Instrument Design Bureau, the company “cathode”, NGO engineering, “Rosoboronexport” and the corporation “MiG” – Washington accuses them of violating US law on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. In addition, as predicted by “b”, Bureau of Industry and Security, US Department of Commerce has expanded sanctions list, formed in connection with the conflict in Ukraine: pass, in particular, were subsidiaries of “Rosneft».
on sanctions against several Russian companies became aware of a report published online messenger US government. From this it follows that the black list have been made legal entities from different countries (not only Russia but also China, Iran, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates), found to be in violation of US law in the field of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The relevant law was passed in 1999 in Iran. In 2005 it was added to Syria a year later – the DPRK. The document prohibits the delivery to these countries of goods, services and technologies subject to international control regimes.
The black list, in particular, were the Tula Instrument Design Bureau, the company “cathode” NGO engineering, “Rosoboronexport” and the corporation “MiG”. US government agencies now forbidden to have any business relationships with these companies except in special cases determined by the State Department. The same rules apply to the “successor divisions and subsidiaries” of these companies.
Almost simultaneously with the US Department of Commerce, as predicted by “b”, expanded sanctions list, formed in the events in Ukraine. It had made a further 29 companies. The list contains the key subsidiaries of “Rosneft” in the field of mining (“Vankorneft”, “Oil asset”, “Orenburgneft”, “SNG”, “Verkhnechonskneftegaz”, “RN-Yuganskneftegaz”), processing (Achinsk, Kuibyshev, Angarsk, Novokuibyshevsk , Syrzansky and Komsomolsk Refinery) and trading (Rosneft trade limited, Rosneft trading), and “RN-Holding”, where the consolidated assets of the former TNK-BP.
The Ministry of Finance US expansion blacklist explained the need to ensure the “effectiveness” of the sanctions regime.
Source: “b” at the US Embassy in Moscow said that the document prepared by the US Department of Commerce, “is not an extension of sanctions rather it is an internal measure designed to bring export controls in line with the financial sanctions ».
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