By U.S. Department of State (U.S., Press Releases) | Created at 2024-10-30 15:34:42 | Updated at 2024-11-06 03:34:53
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The United States is today sanctioning nearly 400 entities and individuals for enabling Russia’s prosecution of its illegal war. In this action, the Department of State is imposing sanctions on more than 120 individuals and entities. Concurrently, the Department of the Treasury is designating more than 270 individuals and entities. For information about Treasury’s actions, please see their press release. The Department of Commerce is also adding 40 entities to its Entity List.
The Department of State’s designations aim to disrupt sanctions evasion and target entities in multiple third countries, including the People’s Republic of China (PRC), India, Malaysia, Thailand, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates. The Department is also designating several senior Russian Ministry of Defense officials appointed earlier this year. Additional designations target Russia’s military-industrial base, including military repair facilities, producers of advanced technologies, and entities supporting the Belarus-Russia defense relationship. The Department also continues to target subsidiaries of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom.
All targets are being designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 which authorizes sanctions with respect to specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation.
The United States will continue to use all tools at its disposal to disrupt support for Russia’s military-industrial base and curtail the Kremlin’s ability to exploit the international financial system and generate revenue in furtherance of its war against Ukraine. We continue to stand in solidarity with Ukraine in defending its homeland from Russia’s aggression.
DISRUPTING SANCTIONS EVASION AND BACKFILLING EFFORTS
The Department seeks to disrupt the networks and channels through which Russia procures technology and equipment from entities in third countries to support its war effort. Today’s designations target producers, exporters, and importers of items critical to Russia’s military-industrial base. Those items include microelectronics and computer numerical control items (CNC) on the Common High Priority List (CHPL), as identified by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) alongside the European Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK), and Japan. Entities based in the PRC, India, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), among other countries, continue to sell these items and other important dual-use goods to Russia, including critical components that Russia relies on for its weapons systems to wage war against Ukraine.
Targeting PRC-Based Entities Supporting Russia’s Military-Industrial Base
We remain concerned by the magnitude of exports of dual-use goods from the PRC to Russia. The PRC continues to trade in these items, using the sanctions evasion and circumvention networks that Russia creates to procure CHPL microelectronics and CNC tools (machine tools) to produce weapons. Imports from the PRC fill critical gaps in Russia’s defense production cycle, thereby enabling it to produce weapons, ramp up defense production, and bolster its military-industrial base.
Today, the Department is designating several PRC-based entities that have supplied goods supporting Russia’s war effort, including entities responsible for developing, producing, and supplying manufacturing equipment to entities based in Russia. These designations target producers and exporters of CNC items critical to Russia’s military-industrial base, including entities that have shipped goods directly to U.S.-designated entities in Russia.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the technology sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- XH SMART TECH CHINA CO LTD (XH SMART TECH) is a PRC-based company involved in the supply of over $4.6 million worth of CHPL items such as specified electronic components (“electronic components”) to Russia-based company LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTECHCARD from June 2023 to at least January 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTECHCARD (INTECHCARD) is a Russia-based company receiving CHPL items such as electronic components from XH SMART TECH. INTECHCARD purportedly collaborates with eight out of ten largest banks in Russia and produces smart cards for leading fintech companies in Russia.
- BEIJING DYNAMIC POWER CO LIMITED (BEIJING DYNAMIC POWER) is a PRC-based company involved in the supply of over $2 million worth of CHPL items such as electronic components to Russia-based companies from January 2023 to at least January 2024.
- OBSHCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOI OTVETSTVENNOSTYU RTK TECHNOLOGIES (RTK TECHNOLOGIES) is a Russia-based company receiving CHPL items such as electronic components from BEIJING DYNAMIC POWER.
- YIWU VORTEX IMPORT AND EXPORT CO LIMITED is a Hong Kong-based company involved in the supply of over $32 million worth of CHPL items such as electronic components to Russia-based companies from August 2023 to at least March 2024, including the U.S.-designated, Russia-based LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TRADE HOUSE KYUTEK.
- JIANGSU CATOFISH GENERAL ELECTRIC CO LTD is a PRC-based company involved in the supply of over $1.5 million worth of CHPL items such as thermal imaging scopes to Russia-based companies from January 2023 to at least January 2024, including U.S.-designated, Russia-based LLC CITYIMPEX and KATOD.
- WIN KEY LIMITED is a Hong Kong-based company involved in the supply over $5.9 million worth of CHPL items such as electronic components to Russian companies from January 2023 to at least February 2024, including U.S.-designated, Russia-based NAUCHNO PROIZVODSTVENNOE PREDPRIYATIE ITELMA.
- ETOP ELECTRONICS HK CO LIMITED is a Hong Kong-based company involved in the supply of over $24 million worth of CHPL items such as electronic components to Russia-based companies from January 2023 to at least March 2024.
- CLF GLOBAL LIMITED (CLF GLOBAL) is a Hong Kong-based company involved in the supply of over $22 million worth of CHPL items such as electronic components to Russia-based companies from February 2023 to at least June 2024, including U.S.-designated, Russia-based OBLTRANSTERMINAL and Russia-based LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY EKSPRESS IMPORT.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY EKSPRESS IMPORT (EKSPRESS IMPORT) is a Russia-based electronics wholesaler receiving CHPL items such as electronic components from CLF GLOBAL.
- GRANTS PROMOTION SERVICE LIMITED is a Hong Kong-based company involved in the supply of over $18 million worth of CHPL items such as electronic components to Russia-based companies from January 2023 to at least February 2024, including the U.S.-designated, Russia-based NAUCHNO PROIZVODSTVENNOE PREDPRIYATIE ITELMA.
- ZHUHAI RAYSHARP TECHNOLOGY CO LTD is a PRC-based company involved in the supply of over $1.3 million worth of CHPL items such as security video surveillance items to Russia-based companies from January 2023 to at least February 2024, including the U.S.-designated, Russia-based AKTSIONERNOE OBSHCHESTVO TASKOM.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the manufacturing sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- ZHEJIANG HEADMAN MACHINERY CO LTD is a PRC-based company involved in the supply of over $7 million worth of CHPL items such as CNC machine tools to a Russia-based company from March 2023 to at least May 2024.
- WUHAN HUAZHONG NUMERICAL CONTROL CO LTD is a PRC-based company involved in the supply of over $26 million worth of CHPL items such as CNC machine tools and ball bearings to Russia-based companies from January 2023 to at least January 2024, including U.S.-designated, Russia-based AKTSIONERNOE OBSHCHESTVO TASKOM, KAMI GROUP LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, and LLC MASHIMPORT.
The Department is designating the following entities and individual involved in the procurement of items with applications for Russian military production.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities and individual are being designated for operating or having operated in the manufacturing sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY KOLOMENSKY ZAVOD (KOLOMENSKY ZAVOD) is a Russia-based manufacturing company that plays a critical role in Russia’s transport sector and military-industrial complex, as it manufactures the D500 and D49 engines ultimately used by Russian naval forces. KOLOMENSKY ZAVOD is also the receiver of foreign-origin shipments, including transmission shafts and parts for locomotive diesel engines, from PRC-based SHANGYIYUAN RESOURCES QINGDAO CO LTD.
- KIRILL VALERIEVICH LIPA is a Russian national and serves as the director of U.S.-designated and Russia-based TRANSMASHHOLDING JSC, the parent company of KOLOMENSKY ZAVOD.
- SHANGYIYUAN RESOURCES QINGDAO CO LTD (SHINE RESOURCES) is a PRC-based company that shipped over $7 million worth of items to KOLOMENSKY ZAVOD between April 2023 and March 2024, including items such as transmission shafts and parts for locomotive diesel engines. Some shipments were sent to KOLOMENSKY ZAVOD through U.S.-designated and Russia-based AO TASKOM and OBLTRANSTERMINAL as intermediaries.
Targeting Russian Procurement of Aviation Components
The Department of State continues to designate Russian and third-country companies in multiple jurisdictions that are involved in the procurement of U.S. and EU export-controlled aviation and electronic components. Russia has continued to build sanctions evasion and circumvention networks to procure aviation and microelectronic components in an effort to sustain its military industrial base and aviation industry, to include expropriated U.S. and European aircraft.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities and individual are being designated for operating or having operated in the aerospace sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- TURBOSHAFT FZE is a UAE-based company that shipped over $600,000 worth of CHPL items to Russia-based companies between January 2023 and February 2024, including to U.S.-designated, and Russia-based, S 7 ENGINEERING LLC. Shipments included CHPL items of U.S.-origin, such as instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation.
- TURBOSHAFT DIS TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI (TURBOSHAFT AVIATION) is a Türkiye-based company that shipped over $300,000 worth of CHPL items to Russia-based companies between January 2023 and July 2023, including U.S.-designated, and Russia-based, LLC AVIAKOMPLANIYA POBEDA. Shipments included CHPL items of U.S.-origin, such as apparatuses for the transmission and reception of audio, images, and other data.
- TIMUR BADR is a Russian national and serves as the director of TURBOSHAFT FZE and TURBOSHAFT AVIATION.
- LLC SERVICE FLY BISHKEK (SERVICE FLY BISHKEK) is a Kyrgyz Republic-based company that sent over $1.2 million worth of U.S. and EU-origin CHPL (Tier 2, Tier 3, and Tier 4) items, including microelectronic and aviation components, to LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WAREHOUSE FORESS, a Russia-based company, between January 2024 and May 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WAREHOUSE FORESS (WAREHOUSE FORESS) is a Russia-based aircraft repair and maintenance company that received approximately $1.2 million worth of U.S. and E.U.-origin CHPL items, including microelectronic and aviation components from SERVICE FLY BISHKEK.
- REKA GRUP DANISMANLIK VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI (REKA GRUP DANISMANLIK) is a Türkiye-based company that shipped more than $600,000 worth of U.S.-origin CHPL (Tiers 2-4) items, such as aviation components, to Russia-based companies between July 2023 and March 2024. These Russia-based companies include LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY EURASIAN TECHNOLOGICAL ALLIANCE, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AVIATION ENGINEERING AND SERVICES COMPANY, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY KSP TREID, which are concurrently being designated, and RAPART SERVISEZ, which is already designated by the United States.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY EURASIAN TECHNOLOGICAL ALLIANCE (ETA LLC) is a Russia-based aircraft repair and maintenance company that received approximately $70,000 worth of shipments that included CHPL (Tiers 1, 3, and 4) items between May 2023 and March 2024, including U.S.-origin aviation components.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AVIATION ENGINEERING AND SERVICES COMPANY (AESC) is a Russia-based aircraft repair and maintenance company that received shipments of U.S.-origin CHPL (Tier 2 and 4) items between July 2023 and January 2024, including aviation components from REKA GRUP DANISMANLIK.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entity is being designated for operating or having operated in the technology sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY KSP TREID (KSP TREID) is a Russia-based industrial machinery wholesaler that received approximately $225,000 worth of shipments of U.S.-origin CHPL (Tier 3) items in January 2024, that included aviation components from REKA GRUP DANISMANLIK.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the aerospace sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- AIR LEO FZE (AIR LEO) is a UAE-based company that shipped at least $190,000 worth of shipments of CHPL items (Tiers 3-4), such as U.S.-origin aviation components, between March 2023 and March 2024. These shipments were sent to Russia-based companies, including U.S.-designated S 7 ENGINEERING LLC and other Russia-based aviation companies.
- AIR LEO M AND E LTD EOOD (AIR LEO M&E) is a Bulgaria-based company that shipped CHPL items (Tiers 3-4) such as microelectronic and aviation components to Russia-based companies which took place in November 2023. AIR LEO M&E and AIR LEO ship similar aviation components and CHPL items to the same Russia-based buyer, 4U AIRCRAFT TECHNIK, and have common leadership.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 4U AIRCRAFT TECHNIK (4U AIRCRAFT TECHNIK) is a Russia-based aircraft repair and maintenance company that received approximately $190,000 worth of shipments that included U.S.-origin CHPL items (Tiers 3-4) items between March 2023 and March 2024 from AIR LEO and AIR LEO M&E.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(vii) of E.O. 14024, the following entity is being designated for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, AIR LEO:
- 4U AIRCRAFT DESIGN AND ENGINEERING GMBH is a majority-owned Germany-based subsidiary of AIR LEO.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entity is being designated for operating or having operated in the aerospace sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- ALTERNATE HAVACILIK SANAYI VE DIS TICARET EGITIM DANISMANLIK LIMITED SIRKETI is a Türkiye-based company that shipped approximately $175,000 worth of shipments that included aviation components and U.S.-origin CHPL (Tiers 3-4) items to Russia-based companies, including AESC and U.S.-designated company S 7 ENGINEERING LLC, between September 2023 and March 2024.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(vi)(B) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of S 7 ENGINEERING LLC:
- ABU RAGUEB GENERAL TRADING LLC is a UAE-based company that shipped more than $510,000 worth of shipments that included U.S.-origin aviation components and CHPL Tier 3 items to U.S.-designated company S 7 ENGINEERING LLC from January 2024 to March 2024.
- V LINK AVIATION MANAGEMENT FZCO is a UAE-based company that shipped more than $125,000 worth of shipments that included U.S.-origin aviation components to U.S.-designated company S 7 ENGINEERING LLC from January to March 2024.
Targeting Companies Facilitating Sanctions Evasion for Russia’s Benefit in India, Malaysia, Singapore, Türkiye, the UAE, and Uzbekistan
The Department is designating the following India-based companies and individuals, alongside their Russia-based trading partners.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities and individuals are being designated for operating or having operated in the aerospace sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- ASCEND AVIATION INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED (ASCEND AVIATION) is an India-based company that sent over 700 shipments to Russia-based companies between March 2023 and March 2024. These shipments included over $200,000 worth of CHPL items, such as U.S.-origin aircraft components.
- VIVEK KUMAR MISHRA is an Indian national and the co-director and partial shareholder of ASCEND AVIATION.
- SUDHIR KUMAR is an Indian national and the co-director and partial shareholder of ASCEND AVIATION.
- MASK TRANS is an India-based company involved in the supply of over $300,000 worth of CHPL items such as aviation components to Russia-based and U.S.-designated S 7 ENGINEERING LLC from June 2023 to at least April 2024.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the technology sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- TSMD GLOBAL PRIVATE LIMITED (TMSD GLOBAL) is an India-based company that shipped at least $430,000 worth of CHPL items to Russia-based companies, including ELEKTRON KOMPONENT and the following U.S.-designated companies: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY VMK, ALFA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, and JOINT STOCK COMPANY AVTOVAZ. These shipments, which occurred between July 2023 and March 2024, included U.S.- and EU origin BIS CHPL Tier 1 and 2 items such as electronic integrated circuits, central processing units, and other fixed capacitors.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ELEKTRON KOMPONENT (ELEKTRON KOMPONENT) is a Russia-based electronics wholesaler that has received CHPL items, including U.S. and U.K.-origin electronic components, from TSMD GLOBAL as recently as March 2024.
- FUTREVO is an India-based company involved in the supply of over $1.4 million worth of CHPL items such as electronic components to Russia-based and U.S.-designated LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY SMT-ILOGIC, the manufacturer of Orlan drones with Russia-based and U.S.-designated SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER. The shipments were from January 2023 to at least February 2024.
The Department is designating the following Malaysia-based companies alongside their Russia-based trading partners.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the manufacturing sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- ZEOLITE MANSFORD SDN BHD (ZEOLITE) shipped approximately $2.1 million worth of CHPL (Tier 3) items, including ball bearings, to Russia-based companies, including GPZ77 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, in March 2024 alone.
- GPZ77 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (GPZ77) is a Russia-based industrial machinery company that received CHPL (Tier 3) items, including ball bearings, from ZEOLITE in March 2024.
- MAXTRUM CAPITAL SDN BHD (MAXTRUM) shipped more than $440,000 worth of CHPL (Tier 3) items, including ball bearings, to Russia-based KRUPS MM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY in March 2024 alone.
- KRUPS MM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (KRUPS MM) is a Russia-based wholesale distributor of engineering equipment that received CHPL (Tier 3) items, including ball bearings, from MAXTRUM as recently as March 2024.
- CENTRINA UNITED SDN BHD (CENTRINA) shipped approximately $2.7 million worth of CHPL (Tier 3) items, including ball bearings, to Russia-based companies, including DINAMIKA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY and the following U.S.-designated entities: BALTPROMSERVIS and OOO INSTRUMENTALNO PODSHIPNIKOVAYA KOMPANIYA, between January 2023 and February 2024.
- DINAMIKA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (DINAMIKA) is a Russia-based wholesale distributor of industrial machinery that received CHPL (Tier 3) items, including ball bearings, from CENTRINA as recently as March 2024.
- GYNTEC CARBON SDN BHD (GYNTEC) is a Malaysia-based company that shipped approximately $2 million worth of CHPL Tier 3 items to Russia-based companies, including LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TORGOVYY DOM PPZ, between February 2023 and April 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TORGOVYY DOM PPZ is a Russia-based industrial machinery wholesaler that received approximately $2 million worth of shipments of CHPL items from GYNTEC between February 2023 and April 2024.
- MORALABILITY INDUSTRIAL SDN BHD (MORALABILITY) is a Malaysia-based company that shipped approximately $1.3 million worth of CHPL Tier 3 items to Russia-based companies, including LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY GERMES, between November 2023 and April 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY GERMES is a Russia-based industrial machinery wholesaler that received shipments of $1.3 million worth of CHPL items from MORALABILITY.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(vi)(B) of E.O. 14024, the following entity is being designated for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of BALTPROMSERVIS, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024:
- 882 MELIX GLOBAL SDN BHD (MELIX GLOBAL) is a Malaysia-based ball bearings producer. MELIX GLOBAL exported over $190,000 worth of CHPL items such as ball bearings to U.S.-designated BALTPROMSERVIS in April 2024.
The Department is designating the following Singapore-based companies and individuals, alongside their Türkiye and Russia-based trading partners.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the technology sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY PROFISTAIL (PROFISTAIL) is a Russia-based technology wholesaler that has received CHPL items from POWERMAN INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD.
- POWERMAN INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (POWERMAN) is a Singapore-based company that shipped approximately $4.5 million worth of CHPL items, including EU-origin motherboards and uninterruptible power supply systems, to Russia-based companies, including to PROFISTAIL, between March 2023 and February 2024.
- MNR LOJISTIK VE DIS TICARET LIMITED (MNR LOJISTIK) is a Türkiye-based company that shipped approximately $419,000 worth of CHPL items, including electronic components, to Russia-based companies, including to PROFISTAIL, on behalf of POWERMAN in November 2023.
- ICON ENDUSTRI IHRACAT TICARET LIMITED is a Türkiye-based company that shipped approximately $550,000 worth of CHPL items, such as E.U.-origin motherboards, to Russia-based companies, including to PROFISTAIL, on behalf of POWERMAN in September 2023.
- SERATAN LOJISTIK VE DIS TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI (SERATAN) is a Türkiye-based company that shipped approximately $240,000 worth of CHPL items, such as E.U.-origin photosensitive semiconductor devices and static converters, to Russia-based companies, including LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY EVROSEL, between August 2023 and January 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY EVROSEL (EVROSEL) is a Russia-based wholesale distribution of industrial machinery that has received CHPL items from SERATAN.
The Department is designating the following Türkiye-based companies alongside their Russia-based trading partners:
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the technology sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- SOLID TARIM INOVASYON ANONIM SIRKETI (SOLID TARIM) is a Türkiye-based supplier of electronics and electrical equipment. SOLID TARIM exported $11.8 million worth of shipments that included EU-origin CHPL items, such as microelectronics components, to Russia-based companies between March 2023 and March 2024.
- ELEKTROPANEL MUHENDISLIK SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI (ELEKTROPANEL MUHENDISLIK) is a Türkiye-based supplier of electronics and electrical equipment. ELEKTROPANEL MUHENDISLIK exported at least $5.9 million worth of shipments that included EU-origin CHPL items such as microelectronics components to Russia-based companies, including LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TD ELEKTROTEKHMONTAZH and LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ELEKTROPANEL, between February 2023 and March 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ELEKTROPANEL (ELEKTROPANEL) is a Russia-based electronics wholesaler and received CHPL items, such as microelectronic components, from ELEKTROPANEL MUHENDISLIK as recently as January 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TD ELEKTROTEKHMONTAZH (ELEKTROTEKHMONTAZH) is a Russia-based electronics wholesaler and received CHPL items such as microelectronic components from ELEKTROPANEL MUHENDISLIK between June 2023 and March 2024.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the manufacturing sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- OZ RULMAN TICARET VE SANAYI LIMITED SIRKETI (OZ RULMAN) is a Türkiye-based supplier of ball bearings. OZ RULMAN exported approximately $2.9 million worth of shipments that included EU-origin CHPL items, such as roller bearings, to Russia-based companies, including LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY BERG ENGINEERING, between February 2023 and March 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY BERG ENGINEERING (BERG ENGINEERING) is a Russia-based industrial machinery wholesaler and received CHPL items such as roller bearings from OZ RULMAN as recently as March 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY BS TRADE is a Russia-based automobile parts wholesaler that received shipments of CHPL Tier 3 items from MAS LOGEX DIS TICARET VE LOJISTIK SANAYI LIMITED SIRKETI, such as ball bearings, as recently as January 2024.
- CBG TECH DIS TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI (CBG TECH) is a Türkiye-based company that shipped approximately $250,000 in CHPL items such as roller bearings to Russia-based companies, including LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTER PODSHIPNIK GROUP, in February 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTER PODSHIPNIK GROUP is a Russia-based industrial machinery wholesaler that received shipments of CHPL items from CBG TECH, such as roller bearings, as recently as February 2024.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the technology sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY TREYDSTROYTSENTR (TREYDSTROYTSENTR) is a Russia-based importer of foreign goods that received CHPL items, such as elements for electrical circuits, static converters, and photosensitive semiconductor devices, from TIOSEAL ISI IZOLASYON MALZEMELERI SANAYI TICARET LIMITED.
- TIOSEAL ISI IZOLASYON MALZEMELERI SANAYI TICARET LIMITED (TIOSEAL) is a Türkiye-based company that shipped approximately $800,000 worth of CHPL items, such as U.S. and EU-origin semiconductor devices and static converters, to Russia-based companies, including TREYDSTROYTSENTR, between March 2023 and May 2024.
- SUVARI GLOBAL ENDUSTRIYEL EKIPMANLAR ITHALAT IHRACAT TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI is a Türkiye-based company that sent at least 95 shipments of CHPL items such as microelectronic components to Russia-based companies between November 2023 and January 2024.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the technology sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- KHIUS ULUSLARARASI TICARET VE LOJISTIK ANONIM SIRKETI (KHIUS ULUSLARARASI) is a Türkiye-based company that shipped approximately $1 million worth of CHPL items, such as electrical transformers and radar apparatuses, to Russia-based companies, including LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FASTEIR INTERNESHNL, between March 2023 and February 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FASTEIR INTERNESHNL (FASTEIR INTERNESHNL) is a Russia-based wholesale supplier and distributor of machinery that received shipments of CHPL items, including electrical transformers and radar apparatuses from KHIUS ULUSLARARASI.
- MAS LOGEX DIS TICARET VE LOJISTIK SANAYI LIMITED SIRKETI (MAS LOGEX) is a Türkiye-based company that shipped approximately $124,000 in goods that included CHPL items, such as microelectronic components, to Russia-based companies, including to OBSHCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOI OTVETSTVENNOSTYU PROGRESS in January 2024.
- OBSHCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOI OTVETSTVENNOSTYU PROGRESS is a Russia-based wholesaler and machinery repair company that received shipments of EU-origin CHPL Tier 3 items, including antenna filters and accessories, from MAS LOGEX as recently as January 2024.
- AVAT ENDUSTRIYEL SISTEMLERI IC VE DIS TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI (AVAT) is a Türkiye-based company that shipped approximately $150,000 worth of CHPL items, such as microelectronic components, to Russia-based companies, including LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY VERESK, between January 2024 and May 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY VERESK is a Russia-based wholesale distributor of industrial machinery that received approximately $150,000 million worth of CHPL items, such as microelectronic components, between January 2024 and May 2024 from Türkiye-based AVAT.
The Department is designating the following Türkiye-based company and Uzbekistan-based company. Both companies sent shipments of CHPL items to the U.S.-designated and Russia-based company, LLC GTS GRUPP. LLC GTS GRUPP is a known producer and supplier of industrial equipment, automatic control systems, and electrical devices.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the technology sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- GUCLU GLOBAL LOJISTIK LIMITED SIRKETI (GUCLU GLOBAL) is a Türkiye-based company that shipped approximately $96,000 worth of CHPL items, including electrical equipment and diodes of U.S. and E.U.-origin, to Russia-based companies, including to EVROSEL and to U.S.-designated LLC GTS GRUPP, between May 2023 and April 2024.
- THE ELITE INVESTMENT GROUP MAS’ULIYATI CHEKLANGAN JAMIYAT is an Uzbekistan-based company that shipped approximately $190,000 worth CHPL items, including electrical transformers, to Russia-based companies, including to U.S.-designated and Russia based LLC GTS GRUPP, between March 2024 and May 2024 by using GUCLU GLOBAL as its carrier agent.
The Department is designating the following UAE-based companies and individuals, alongside their Russia-based trading partners.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the technology sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- APILINE TRADING FZE (APILINE) is a UAE-based company that shipped approximately $360,000 worth of CHPL items such as microelectronics components to Russia-based companies in April 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY POWERCOM RUS is a Russia-based electronics wholesaler that received shipments from APILINE that included CHPL items.
- AUTO PARTS EAST FZCO (AUTO PARTS EAST) is a UAE-based company that shipped approximately $400,000 of CHPL items, including microelectronic components, to Russia-based companies, including LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FATTURA, between January 2023 and July 2024.
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FATTURA (FATTURA) is a Russia-based wholesale distributor of motor vehicle parts that received approximately $400,000 worth of CHPL items from AUTO PARTS EAST between January 2023 and July 2024.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entity is being designated for operating or having operated in the manufacturing sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- MOTO EXPORT DWC LLC is a UAE-based company that shipped approximately $1.4 million of CHPL items, including roller bearings, to Russia-based companies between February 2023 and April 2024.
Foreign Suppliers to Strategic Russian Energy Projects
The Department continues to designate entities involved in the development of Russia’s future energy production and export capacity. Today, the Department is designating one company involved in the transportation of highly specialized liquefied natural gas (LNG) modules and gravity-based structure (GBS) equipment designed specifically for Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project, as well as a network of shipping companies based in the UAE and Singapore that are involved in the procurement of LNG carriers for NOVATEK, an entity subject to less than full-blocking measures, and the future export of Russian-origin LNG. The Arctic LNG 2 project has relied on foreign service companies’ technology and maritime logistics support, and today’s actions are designed to further promote accountability for entities providing material support to LLC ARCTIC LNG 2, the sanctioned operator of the Arctic LNG 2 project.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(vi)(B) of E.O. 14024, the following entity is being designated for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of LLC ARCTIC LNG 2, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024:
- SMART SOLUTIONS LTD (SMART SOLUTIONS) provided various Gravity-Based Structure parts to U.S.-designated LLC ARCTIC LNG 2. SMART SOLUTIONS was the charterer of the blocked vessels AUDAX and PUGNAX, vessels that delivered liquefaction modules and other critical materials for LLC ARCTIC LNG 2.
In an attempt to circumvent U.S. sanctions and revitalize Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project, Russian companies have engaged in efforts to procure secondhand LNG tankers, predominantly through front companies in third country jurisdictions, to make up for a critical shortage of available tankers for the Arctic LNG 2 project. In August 2024, the Department designated WHITE FOX SHIP MANAGEMENT FZCO, a UAE-based ship management company which continues to manage four blocked LNG carriers that have transshipped LNG from Russia’s Yamal and Arctic LNG 2 projects. Today’s actions target the registered owners of those four blocked LNG carriers, as well as a UAE-based company involved in the procurement of the vessels and their leasing to NOVATEK, an entity subject to less than full-blocking measures.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, as amended, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the marine sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- LNG ALPHA SHIPPING PTE LTD is majority owned by NEW TRANSHIPMENT FZE and is the registered owner of U.S.-designated NORTH AIR, an LNG carrier that was procured to expand Russia’s LNG export capacity. LNG ALPHA SHIPPING PTE LTD is directed by Russian nationals, and is a joint venture created for the construction and long-term charter of LNG carriers to NOVATEK.
- NEW TRANSSHIPMENT FZE is a NOVATEK subsidiary based in the UAE and is involved in the procurement and leasing of four blocked LNG carriers to NOVATEK. NEW TRANSSHIPMENT FZE is directed by a Russian national.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(vii) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for being owned or controlled by, or having acted for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, NEW TRANSSHIPMENT FZE:
- LNG BETA SHIPPING PTE LTD is majority owned by NEW TRANSSHIPMENT FZE and is the registered owner of the blocked vessel NORTH MOUNTAIN, an LNG carrier that was procured to expand Russia’s LNG export capacity.
- LNG DELTA SHIPPING PTE LTD is majority owned by NEW TRANSSHIPMENT FZE and is the registered owner of the blocked vessel NORTH WAY, an LNG carrier that was procured to expand Russia’s LNG export capacity.
- LNG GAMMA SHIPPING PTE LTD is majority owned by NEW TRANSSHIPMENT FZE and is the registered owner of the blocked vessel NORTH SKY, an LNG carrier that was procured to expand Russia’s LNG export capacity.
Promoting Accountability for New Leaders of Russia’s Defense Enterprise
Earlier this year, the Russian government dismissed and reshuffled the leadership of the Ministry of Defense following reports of bribery among senior officials. Today, the Department is continuing our efforts to promote accountability for those facilitating the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine by designating several Russian Deputy Ministers of Defense appointed this year. This action follows the Department’s previous designations of Russian Deputy Ministers of Defense on March 15, 2022. These designations align with previous actions taken against a number of these individuals by Australia, the EU, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
The Department is designating the following individuals pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 14024, for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of the Government of the Russian Federation:
- ALEXANDER VASILYEVICH FOMIN is a Deputy Minister of Defense at the Russian Ministry of Defense. FOMIN has been designated by Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
- VIKTOR PETROVICH GOREMYKIN is a Deputy Minister of Defense at the Russian Ministry of Defense. GOREMYKIN has been designated by the European Union and Switzerland.
- ANNA EVGENYEVNA TSIVILEVA is a Deputy Minister of Defense at the Russian Ministry of Defense. TSIVILEVA has been designated by the European Union and Switzerland.
- PAVEL MIKHAYLOVICH FRADKOV is a Deputy Minister of Defense at the Russian Ministry of Defense.
- ANDREY MIKHAYLOVICH BULYGA is a Deputy Minister of Defense at the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Maintaining Pressure on Rosatom
This is the tenth Russia sanctions action that includes designations of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (Rosatom) subsidiaries. The Department continues to designate Rosatom entities and individuals involved in Russia’s nuclear weapons complex and defense sector, nuclear power plant construction exports, development of advanced technologies and materials, extractive industries and associated businesses, and Rosatom’s malign activities including the occupation of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. Today, the Department is designating Rosatom subsidiaries involved in the development of digital and electronic technologies and new business lines to support Rosatom’s activities.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(vii) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of the Russian Federation:
- ROSATOM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY is a Russian state-owned enterprise and Rosatom subsidiary involved in the development of digital products and the import-substitution of specialized software.
- AO TSIFROVYE PLATFORMY I RESHENIYA UMNOGO GORODA is a Russian state-owned enterprise and Rosatom subsidiary involved in computer programming activities.
- ROSATOM MICROELECTRONICS JOINT STOCK COMPANY is a Russian state-owned enterprise and Rosatom subsidiary involved in the development of domestic electronics components for Rosatom enterprises.
Further Targeting the Belarus-Russia Defense Relationship
The Department continues to designate entities and individuals related to the Lukashenka regime’s support for Russia’s war against Ukraine. Today, the Department is designating several enterprises involved in supplying Belarus and Russia-based entities involved in Russia’s defense industry, including three Russia-based entities and one-PRC based entity.
These actions build upon previous efforts to sanction Belarusian entities providing support to Russia’s war against Ukraine, most recently on June 12, 2024, August 9, 2024, and August 23, 2024.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(vi)(B) of E.O. 14024, the following entity is being designated for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY ROGACHEVSKY ZAVOD DIAPROEKTOR, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024:
- (SBU) MOROTACK TIANJIN TECHNOLOGY CO LTD CHINA is a PRC-based company that has sold critical components for military products to U.S.-designated, Belarus-based company OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY ROGACHEVSKY ZAVOD DIAPROEKTOR.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the defense and related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY PRECISION LASER SYSTEMS (PLS) is a Russia-based company that has supplied fiber lasers to U.S-designated Belarus-based OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY ROGACHEVSKY ZAVOD DIAPROEKTOR that are used in the manufacture of Sosna-U tank gunner sights that are then being supplied to U.S.-designated Belarus-based PELENG JSC and ultimately produced for use by the Russian Ministry of Defense. On December 2, 2021, the Department of the Treasury designated PELENG JSC pursuant to E.O. 14038.
- ASTRON OPTO MECHANICAL DESIGN BUREAU is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has engineered a long-range thermal imaging reconnaissance system used in the 400T drone used in Ukraine. Additionally, ASTRON OPTO MECHANICAL DESIGN BUREAU has been supplied parts for thermal imaging devices from U.S.-designated, Belarus-based JSC MINSK MECHANICAL PLANT NAMED AFTER S.I. VAVILOV MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF BELOMO HOLDING. On December 5, 2023, the Department of the Treasury designated JSC MINSK MECHANICAL PLANT NAMED AFTER S.I. VAVILOV MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF BELOMO HOLDING pursuant to E.O. 14038.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entity is being designated for operating or having operated in the technology sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- OOO IP NTSVO FOTONIKA is a Russia-based company that has specialized in fiber optics and manufactured optical instruments. Additionally, OOO IP NTSVO FOTONIKA worked with U.S.-designated Belarus-based OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY ROGACHEVSKY ZAVOD DIAPROEKTOR under state defense orders of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Constraining Russia’s War Effort and Military Industrial Base
The Department continues to apply pressure on the entities providing support and equipment for Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine. Today, the department is targeting a number of entities involved in the production of weapons, ammunition, battlefield electronics, fighter aircraft, photonics, vessels, and armed UAVs. Additional targets include entities involved in repair of military equipment being used by Russia’s war machine and a Thailand-based entity involved in the shipment of critical military-applicable dual-use items to Russia.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the defense and related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- PUBLIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION ENTERPRISE IMPULSE is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has manufactured military electronic equipment as a subsidiary of U.S.-designated JOINT STOCK COMPANY AEROSPACE DEFENSE CONCERN ALMAZ-ANTEY.
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION ENTERPRISE PLANT ISKRA is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has developed diodes, transistors and other semiconductor devices for the Russian defense sector as a subsidiary of U.S.-designated JOINT STOCK COMPANY AEROSPACE DEFENSE CONCERN ALMAZ-ANTEY.
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY REMVOORUZHENIE is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has produced rocket artillery systems and developed, repaired, and modernized weapons and military equipment for the Russian military.
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY 780 NAVIGATION TECHNICAL MEANS REPAIR PLANT is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has engaged in the repair and restoration of navigation equipment of ships and vessels of the Russian Navy.
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY 103 ARSENAL is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has repaired and modernized tank weapon control systems and military equipment.
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY 63 ARSENAL is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has manufactured weapons and ammunition.
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY 5 ARSENAL is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has repaired, produced, and manufactured weapons and military equipment.
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY 6 ARSENAL is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has manufactured and maintained military equipment and ammunition.
- OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY 136 CENTRALNAY BAZA PROIZVODSTVA I REMONTA VOORYGENIY I CREDSTV RADIACIONNOI HIMICHESKOI I BIOLOGICHESKOI ZACHITU is a Russian state-owned enterprise involved in the production of weapons, military equipment, and special purpose vehicles.
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY SEPARATELY CONSTRUCTOR TECHNOLOGIC OFFICE VEKTOR is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has maintained weapons and military equipment.
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY MAINTENANCE BASE OF AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS AND AERODROME EQUIPMENT is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has produced, maintained, and repaired military and special machinery.
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY RESEARCH CENTRE VITYAZ is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has manufactured weapons and military equipment.
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY SPETSTECHNIKA is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has designed and produced weapons and ammunition.
- UNITED ENGINE CORPORATION PERM ENGINES RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION COMPLEX is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has specialized in the development, mass production, and maintenance of engines used in the MiG-31 fighter aircraft.
- LIMITED LIABITITY COMPANY OPITNO KONSTRUKTORSKOE BUREAU AVIAAVTOMATIKA is a Russia-based company that has produced an explosive UAV armament complex.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the manufacturing sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY 261 REPAIR FACTORY OF FUEL FILLING AND TRANSPORTATION is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has repaired and modernized military and armored vehicles for the Russian Army.
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY 78 CENTRAL ENGINEERING BASE is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has repaired vehicles and developed, repaired, and sold weapons and military equipment.
- SPECIAL SYSTEMS PHOTONICS LLC is a Russia-based company that has specialized in the manufacture and distribution of photonics-related equipment.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entity is being designated for operating or having operated in the engineering sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY 171 SEPARATE DESIGN TECHNOLOGICAL BUREAU is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has worked on nuclear propulsion for military purposes and provides engineering services.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the marine sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY 18TH NAVY SPECIAL DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OFFICE is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has constructed port facilities and hydraulic structures.
- JOINT STOCK COMPANY 51 CENTRAL DESIGN TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE SHIP REPAIR is a Russian state-owned enterprise that has constructed, repaired, and maintained ships and boats.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024, the following entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the electronics sector of the Russian Federation economy:
- MMP ELECTRONICS COMP CO. LTD. is a Thailand-based company owned by a Russian national that shipped CHPL items including electronic components to Russia-based consignees.
OBSHCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOI OTVETSTVENNOSTIU MODUL ELEKTRONIKA is a Russia-based company that has manufactured electronic components.
