RE: Mad Tonto Putin..................30 Sep 2022 18:32
'We will not stand by as Putin fraudulently attempts to annex parts of Ukraine,' Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement.
Among those targeted with sanctions by the United States on Friday was Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and 278 members of Russia's legislature.
The U.S State Department also imposed visa restrictions on more than 900 people, including members of the Russian and Belarusian military and 'Russia's proxies for violating Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence.'
In a related move, the U.S. Commerce Department is adding 57 entities to its U.S. export blacklist.
The agency will also make clear that U.S. restrictions on exports to Russia can apply to entities in other countries that support Russia's and Belarus' military and industrial sectors by shipping prohibited technologies and other items prohibited by the United States and the 37 countries with similar restrictions.