US Department of the Treasury building in Washington DC. File photoWASHINGTON, May 14.U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo on Friday (local time) held a meeting with representatives of a number of foreign financial institutions, during which the parties discussed the sanctions imposed on Russia, as well as efforts to tighten these restrictions. According to a statement from the U.S. Treasury, during the meeting Adeyemo «emphasized that his department's focus is on countering sanctions evasion.» «The Deputy Treasury Secretary also brought to the attention of representatives of foreign banks information about the risks of facilitating such evasion, including the risk of falling under secondary sanctions,» the statement follows. Representatives of financial institutions, in turn, outlined a vision for adapting their future activities and business operations in the light of the conflict in Ukraine and, as a result, restrictions imposed against the Russian Federation. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. .jpg» />The US Department of the Treasury presented a strategy to combat anti-Russian sanctions circumvention. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. Western countries imposed sanctions against the Russian Federation because of Ukraine. A number of companies announced their withdrawal from the Russian market and the closure of production facilities in the country. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that companies that refuse to work with Russia did so under enormous pressure, but Russia will solve all the problems with the economy that the West creates for it. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containment and weakening of Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people.
