The sanctions hit entities and individuals in over 20 nations and jurisdictions, including a Russian private military company, a China-based firm, and a Russian-owned bank in Hungary.
on over 120 targets to squeeze Russia for its war in Ukraine, pursuing entities linked to state-held energy company Rosatom and firms based in partner nations like Turkey in a sign of stepped-up enforcement.
The actions reflect an effort by the US government both to broaden the web of US sanctions placed on Moscow since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine and to squelch efforts to circumvent them. The company said it regarded the actions as “unjust and unfounded,” saying Usmanov, who has previously been subject to U.S. sanctions, had stepped down from business activity long ago and did not take part in management.
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. Eurasia Group analyst Clayton Allen said sanctioning Turkish firms signaled US partner nations were not immune from US action.
The inclusion of Megafon, one of Russia’s big four telecoms operators, marks a shift as Western sanctions have so far stopped short of targeting Russia’s telecoms infrastructure.
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