England imposes new sanctions on Russia, here's who is the target!

2023-05-19 09:49:15Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

England imposes new sanctions on Russia, here's who is the target!

As the G7 summit gets underway in Japan, the UK has announced a new wave of Russian sanctions targeting 86 businesses and people linked to the war.

Yesterday the bans on the import of Russian diamonds and metals were confirmed, while for a long time countries have punished Russia and its attack on Ukraine through various economic and political sanctions.

Here's a breakdown of who is targeted under the new sanctions package

POWER

Russian state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom UMATEX, which produces carbon fiber-based composite materials for Rosatom

TRINITY, whose research and development in laser physics is directly funded by the State Defense Order of Russia

Oleg Romanenko, a top official at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

13 members of the board of directors of Gazprom-Neft

Five members of Transneft's board of directors

Metals

Igor Altushkin, the billionaire oligarch who owns the Russian Copper Company

Eight other companies associated with the production of metals in Russia

Ban on imports of Russian metals including aluminum, nickel and copper

Transportation

24 individuals and entities associated with Russia's transport services

This includes Paëll Shipping Co, State Grain Corporation (GZO) and their director Nikita Busel, who are linked to the systematic theft of Ukrainian grain

Six major Russian transport companies

Military

20 executives and defense companies - including Alan Valerievich Lushinkov and Vladimir Nikolaevich Lepin, who are both directors of JSC Concern Kalashnikov, which produces 95% of all firearms in Russia 

JSC BMZ, which produced anti-personnel and anti-tank mines

JSC Motovilikhinskiye, a minority subsidiary of the Russian defense conglomerate Rostec, which produces howitzers

BANKS

Five financial institutions including JSC Dom RF and Bank of Metallurgical Investments.


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