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The Office of Foreign Assets of the US Treasury Department (OFAC) will introduce new sanctions because of Russia's continued non-compliance with international standards.
This is reported in a press release from the US Department of Finance
In particular, new restrictions will apply to a former agent of Russia's leading intelligence agency, acted in the interest of the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. In addition, new sanctions will be imposed on 15 members of the GRU due to their participation in criminal activities, including attempts to intervene in the United States in 2016.
"The Treasury will extend the sanctions to agents of the United States. Russian intelligence involved in cyber-operations, interference in the 2016 elections and many other atrocities, "said US Treasury Secretary Stephen Munchin.
The US sanctions list also brought the former Hrushik, Viktor Boyarkin, directly to Deripaska, accusing him of funding one of the political parties in Montenegro before the elections of 2016.
Also on the list of sanctions, there will be a number of Russian legal entities and individuals involved in the Lakhta project, especially the IRA, Nevskie Novosti LLC, Economics Today LLC, Federal Press Agency, LLC, United States, REALLY
In particular, on the list indicated by separate points of the Russian GRU officers involved in interferences in electoral processes abroad, organized cyber-attacks against the International Anti-Doping Agency and the OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons), and participated in the use of poison by the chemist "New Year" in Britain [19659003] Victor Netikshau, Boris Antonov, Ivan Yermakov, Alexey Lukashov, Nikolay Kozashk, Artyom Malyshev, Alexander Osadchuk, Alexey Potemkin, Anatoly Kovalev, Alexey Morenets, Yevhen Sereb Sandr Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov
The document also mentions the project leader USA REALLY, Oleksandr Malkevich, and Lakhta project leader, Olena Husyanova
- . Remember that on March 5, the former Russian intelligence agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter became ill in Salisbury. mall, after which he was hospitalized for intoxication with an unknown substance. After the poisoning of the violinist and his daughter, the head of the British government announced the expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats from the country.
- The British Foreign Ministry said that Russia had the motive of an attack on the violinist
- In Britain, named the names of Russians suspected of poisoning the violinist. Teresa May announced that they were Russian military intelligence officers
- On September 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared to have found suspects in the violinist's poisoning and declared that they " There was nothing special or criminal "
- and as early as September 13, the RT stated that they had interviewed Petrova and Boshirova. In particular, they said they went to Salisbury for tourist purposes. According to Petrova and Boshirova, they would never have heard of the violinist and usually work in the fitness sector.
- In Britain, they said they did not believe the Kremlin, while Petrov and Boshirov were Russian military intelligence officers.
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