The United States has introduced new sanctions against Russia. More than 30 individuals and 200 organizations were subject to restrictions, including several banks (Pochta Bank, Russian Standard, Home Credit and others), AFK Sistema and St. Petersburg Exchange.
The US authorities have introduced new sanctions against Russia. More than 30 individuals and 200 organizations were subject to restrictions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), according to information posted on the agency’s website.
All listed persons and organizations are included in the so-called blacklist. Being on the SDN List involves blocking assets in the United States and prohibiting Americans from interacting with individuals and organizations.
Sanctions were imposed on several banks, including Pochta Bank, Russian Standard, Home Credit, Absolut Bank, Blank Bank, Russian Regional Bank and the All-Russian Regional Development Bank.
Blank Bank told RB.RU that the decision of the US Treasury will not affect the bank’s operation or its services. They noted that the bank has no assets abroad.
“The stress tests carried out in 2023 demonstrated the resilience of our systems in these types of situations. Our application for entrepreneurs and solutions for foreign trade activities will continue to work as always,” Blanca’s representative told RB.RU.
Pochta Bank noted that the sanctions will not affect the organization’s work.
“However, the introduced restrictions will affect the use of bank cards abroad, including UnionPay cards. Customers who are currently abroad are recommended to withdraw cash from the card,” the bank’s press service reported.
Moscow State Technical University was also subject to restrictions. NORTHEAST. Bauman, St. Petersburg Exchange and the investment company AFK Sistema, as well as structures that OFAC considers their “subsidiaries”: the Sistema Smarttech fund, Sistema Asia Pte, based in Singapore, and East West United Bank, based in Luxembourg .
The sanctions list of persons was completed, in particular, by the former vice-president of VTB Natalya Solozhentseva, the deputy heads of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Viktor Evtukhov and Alexey Besprozvannykh, the new general director of Danone Russia Yakub Zakriev and the chairman of the board of the Russian regional bank Dmitry Zharikov.
Details of the twelfth EU sanctions package were previously known. The new EU sanctions will affect the ban on diamond imports and the issuance of software licenses. The total volume of planned restrictions is estimated at $5.3 billion.
Author:
Kirill Bilyk
Source: RB
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