U.S. Department of the Treasury building in Washington DCWASHINGTON, Mar 24 New U.S. sanctions hit Dozens of Russian defense enterprises, the US Treasury Department said on Thursday. In addition to being included in the sanctions list of the Russian State Duma, the statement of the Ministry of Finance stipulates that sanctions have been imposed against all 328 of its deputies, including Andrey Lugovoy, Alexander Boroday, Vladislav Reznik and Andrey Skoch.
Switzerland will not confiscate the assets of sanctioned RussiansThe sanctions also affected «numerous companies that are part of the Russian military-industrial sector and were used to attack the people of Ukraine, infrastructure and its territory,» the Finance Ministry said. In total, 48 Russian enterprises fell under the sanctions, which, according to Washington, will have a «deep and lasting effect on the Russian military-industrial sector and the supply chain.» Tactical Missiles and its head Boris Obnosov, JSC UPKB Detal, JSC RKB Globus, Arzamas Research and Production Enterprise TEMP-AVIA, Design Bureau Vympel, JSC Salyut, State Research and Production Enterprise Region, Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering, Design Bureau Raduga «, JSC «Azov Optical and Mechanical Plant», Smolensk Aviation Plant, Turaev Machine-Building Design Bureau «Soyuz», JSC «Krasnoyarsk Design Bureau «Iskra», JSC «711 ARZ», LLC «TRV AVTO», Research Machine-Building Institute ( NIMI) them. V.V. Bakhirev, the Granit-Electron concern and six of its subsidiaries, the Sea Underwater Weapons — Gidropribor concern and its four subsidiaries, NPO High Precision Complexes, OOO NPK TEKHMASH. The sanctions list also includes Russian Helicopters and Kronstadt company.
The United States imposed sanctions against Timchenko's yachtRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. with respect to Russia
