Additional Sanctions on Russia’s Technology Companies and Cyber Actors

The United States will continue to impose severe expenses on the Russian Federation in reaction to President Putin’s illegal war.  Today, we are targeting entities and people in our attempts to shut down the Kremlin’s sanctions evasion networks, which perform an crucial purpose in the Russian Federation’s ability to continue its unconscionable war on the citizens of Ukraine.  This follows our March 15 and March 24 designations of men and women and companies in Russia’s defense-industrial base that are instantly supporting Putin’s war machine.

These days, the United States is designating 21 entities and 13 persons.  Of those remaining specified, 10 of people persons and 17 entities are concerned in sanctions evasion networks to procure of western technological innovation.  These designations will further impede Russia’s obtain to western engineering and the global financial technique.  We will keep on to goal President Putin’s war equipment with sanctions from each individual angle, until eventually this senseless war of option is about.  The Russian Federation not only proceeds to violate the sovereignty of Ukraine with its assaults, but it is escalating the devastation of populace facilities, together with educational institutions, hospitals, household areas, and spots where by civilians are taking shelter from the Russian bombardment.

The United States is also designating three people for their involvement in malicious cyber things to do, a person of whom the Office of Justice indicted  last week.  The United States will continue on to hold President Putin’s cyber actors to account for disruptive, damaging, or usually destabilizing cyber exercise targeting the United States and its allies and partners.

In addition to the sanctions imposed today, the Office of the Treasury is also growing its Russia sanctions authorities.  The Secretary of the Treasury, in session with me, identified the aerospace, marine, and electronics sectors of the Russian Federation financial state pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of Executive Order 14024.  This permits for sanctions to be imposed on any individual or entity established to function or have operated in any of those people sectors and gives an expanded capability to quickly impose additional financial charges on Russia for its war of option in Ukraine.

These steps reveal our take care of to keep the Russian Federation accountable for its aggression against Ukraine and motivation to get further steps against people supporting evasion of the sanctions that the United States and our allies and partners have place in place.  We will use all authorities at our disposal to enforce sanctions, expose and identify malicious actors, and advertise accountability for President Putin’s war of alternative.

For a lot more info on today’s motion, you should see the Office of the Treasury’s push launch .