US imposed sanctions against “Rosoboronexport” and four other companies – RBC

The US government imposed sanctions against several Russian companies on suspicion of violating US law on non-proliferation in Iran, Syria and North Korea. The document is available on the website of the government publications Federal Register (.pdf), it means that it will be published on September 2.

The black list includes the company “Rosoboronexport” Aircraft Corporation “MiG” Tula “Design Bureau Instrumentation “Company” Cathode “Corporation” NPO Machine Building “, as well as all of their branches and subsidiaries.

On the sanctions were also companies from Iran, China, North Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Syria, Sudan and Turkey. Sanctions imposed for a period of two years. US officials believe that the blacklisted companies contributed to the development of missile technologies and weapons of mass destruction.

According to the document, government agencies and departments of the United States is prohibited to enter into any contracts with listed companies, it is also prohibited to sell these companies products military earlier deal to sell goods and services are broken, banned the issuing of licenses for such transactions.

July 30 The US Treasury Department announced the expansion of the sanctions list against a number of companies and individuals in connection with the events in Ukraine. The list turned out including subsidiaries of Russian companies, which have already acted against sanctions.

The subsidiaries come under the sanctions to reduce the chance of evading the sanctions. “Today’s expansion of sanctions is not an escalation, it simply is a normal step towards the strengthening of existing measures. Their goal – to stop recurring and significant departures from the existing sanctions, “- said the press attache of the US embassy in Russia Will Stevens.

Before that, it was reported that the US Treasury, as well as national authorities of the EU countries and the European Commission is actively studied bypassing scheme introduced restrictions against Russia, and collected information about them.

State bodies the United States and the EU was interested in information about affiliated with Russian individuals and legal entities, which are in the American and European blacklists, structures. Furthermore, Western countries are engaged in identifying loopholes that Russian companies use to bypass the sectoral sanctions, such as restrictions on the supply of dual-use equipment and technology exchange.