US State Department sanctions senior figures in Russian defence industry

Eleven individuals, ten of whom are senior figures in Russia’s defence ministry, along with Alexander Mikheev, Director General of Rosoboronexport, ‘Russia’s state-controlled intermediary that carries out foreign trade with respect to military goods,’ have been added to the US government’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (‘SDN’) list, the US State Department said, 15 March.

It said: ‘The world has been transfixed as Russia has perpetrated a premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack on Ukraine. Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine has resulted in widespread human suffering and casualties, including the deaths of innocent civilians, including children. Today, the Department of State is continuing to impose severe costs on Russian military leaders. Specifically, the … 11 individuals are being designated pursuant to E.O. 14024 Section 1(a)(i), as persons who operate or have operated in the defense and related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy.’

https://www.state.gov/u-s-announces-sanctions-on-key-members-of-russias-defense-enterprise/