![]() ![]() The Treasury Department re-designated the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) – two pro-Russian separatist regions of Ukraine recognized as independent by Moscow – and sanctioned Vitaliy Pavlovich Khotsenko, who is “the newly appointed chairperson of the so-called government of the DNR,” and six individuals who “are or have been high level officials in the so-called DNR and LNR governments.” “I don’t think that this is meant to cut off Russia from its defense industrial base today or tomorrow or next week, but in the long term, it will certainly have an effect and I think that’s how the United States and its allies are thinking about these,” she said. However, she noted that she does not believe “that any of the sanctions that we are implementing are meant to deter Russia in the very near term.” “If we can cut off their ability to export, import, sell, buy in these different sectors that then help Russia fund and continue to wage war against Ukraine, then that significantly decreases Russia’s ability to do so,” Rizzo said. “The company subsidiaries, they’re basically engaged in a super wide range of different industries, like auto and defense and metals. “It’s a massive state-owned enterprise and it involves different sections on tech, aerospace, military industrial expertise,” she said. Rachel Rizzo, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center, told CNN that imposing sanctions on Rostec is significant, noting that it “is basically the foundation of Russia’s defense industrial base.” ![]() ![]() In a statement, the US Treasury Department announced sanctions on 70 entities, including State Corporation Rostec – “a massive Russian state-owned enterprise formed to consolidate Russia’s technological, aerospace, and military-industrial expertise” – and its key holdings and affiliates, as well as 29 Russian individuals. The moves are the latest in response to Russia’s months-long war in Ukraine and were taken after G7 leaders in Germany agreed to steps, including the gold import ban, meant to weaken Moscow. The United States government took a slew of actions against Russia on Tuesday, sanctioning those whom it says support Russia’s defense industrial base, designating Russian military units for human rights abuses in Ukraine and implementing a ban on new imports of Russian gold. ![]()
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