The United States announced new sanctions against Russia

The United States on Thursday, September 30, announced new sanctions against Russia over the illegal annexation of four Ukrainian regions, which Russian President Vladimir Putin officially announced in his speech today.

The sanctions were imposed simultaneously by the Treasury Department, the Commerce Department, and the U.S. Department of State. The restrictive measures affected a range of Russian government officials and politicians, their family members, Russian and Belarusian senior military officials, and defense procurement networks, including international suppliers supporting the Russian military-industrial complex.

“The United States, with the support of G7 partners, sent a clear warning today: any person, organization, or country providing political or economic support to Russia in its illegal attempts to annex Ukraine’s sovereign territory will sooner or later find itself under sanctions,” said Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

The U.S. Treasury Department and Commerce Department today released a new list of sanctions and export controls affecting individuals and entities both inside and outside Russia that provide political or economic support to Moscow in the pursuit of its illegal annexation.

In addition, the Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 14 international suppliers for supporting Russian military supplies. The Finance Ministry also imposed sanctions on 109 members of the State Duma and 169 members of the Federation Council.

Personal sanctions were imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department on Elvira Nabiullina, head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and former adviser to Putin, as well as on her first deputy Olga Skorobogatova. Sanctions were imposed on relatives of members of the Russian National Security Council – for example, on the wife and children of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and the wife and children of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The State Department imposed visa restrictions on Russian citizen Ochur-Sugue Mongush for gross human rights violations committed against a Ukrainian prisoner of war and 910 other individuals, including members of the Russian military, Belarusian military and Russian appointees who violate Ukrainian sovereignty.

The Commerce Department added 57 organizations to the export control list, saying that the current export control measures may affect organizations from third countries that provide material support to the Russian and Belarusian armed forces and the military-industrial sector of both countries.

“We will not stand by while Putin fraudulently attempts to annex Ukrainian territories. The Treasury Department and the U.S. government are now taking wide-ranging actions to further weaken Russia’s already degraded military-industrial complex and undermine its ability to wage illegal war,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement. – We have also imposed sanctions on key leaders of Russia’s financial architecture… The Treasury Department, the U.S. government, and our allies will not hesitate to take swift and tough action against individuals and companies inside and outside Russia involved in this war and these bogus referendums.”

“Russia’s bogus referendums and attempts to illegally annex Ukrainian territory demonstrate what Putin is willing to do in trying to find ways to justify his illegal war,” said Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Thea Roseman Kendler. – The United States and our partners and allies continue to stand firm against this brutal and unwarranted attack, and we will continue to take steps to deny the Putin regime and those who support it access to global trade.