United States after the EU expanded sanctions against Russia – BBC Russian

United States after the EU expanded sanctions against Russia – BBC Russian

Russia’s largest bank will not be able to hold “long” money in the USA

United States Friday joined the European Union and also expanded sanctions against Russia, related to its role in the Ukrainian conflict. In the American list for the first time got the largest Russian bank – Sberbank.

Russian President Vladimir Putin Click called Western sanctions ineffective and weird.

A few hours after its sanctions enacted the European Union, the United States Treasury Department announced similar measures from Washington: American companies and individuals, in particular, it is forbidden to lend money the six largest banks, including Sberbank, for a period longer than 30 days.

In addition to the Russian banking sector, American sanctions are aimed against oil, gas and defense companies.

So, citizens and legal entities of the United States are prohibited from buying securities and issue loans for a period longer than 30 days, the state corporation “Rosteh”.

In addition, the United States to freeze the assets of five Russian state defense companies, “Almaz-Antey”, “Mytischinskiy Machine-Building Plant “, JSC” Dolgoprudnenskoye Scientific-Production Enterprise “,” Scientific Research Institute of Instrument “and” Kalinin Machine-Building Plant “.

The ban imposed on participation in the deepwater and Arctic projects” Rosneft ” “Gazprom”, “Gazprom Neft”, “Lukoil” and “Surgut”.

Earlier on Friday published a list of new sanctions European Union.

the EU banned European companies to provide services to the Russian partners for exploration and production of the deep-water and Arctic oil, as well as for production of shale oil projects. It is, in particular, the drilling of wells and geological studies.

also introduced restrictions on lending and investment services for five Russian state-owned banks – under specified in the decision of the Council of the EU criteria fall Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank VEB and the Agricultural Bank.

It is forbidden to supply dual-use goods to nine companies of the defense sector of the Russian Federation. In the EU sanctions list included concern “Sirius”, “Machine-” “Himkompozit” concern “Kalashnikov”, Tula Arms Factory, “Technology of mechanical engineering”, “High-precision systems,” Concern “Almaz-Antey” and NGO “Basalt”.

In the Click new EU sanctions list , with effect from the date of publication, included 24 names . In particular, it includes the self-proclaimed new leader of the People’s Republic of Donetsk Alexander Zaharchenko and some other representatives of the DNR.

In addition, the “black list” of the European Union fell deputy chairman of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a member of the State Duma Committee for Security and Anti-Corruption Vladimir Vasilyev, deputy Svetlana Zhurova, Nikolai Levichev, Ivan Melnikov, Alexander Babakov.

All of them are banned from entering the EU, and their assets, in the case of those in the countries of the EU, to be frozen.

In this way, the list of individual sanctions expanded to 119 people.