U.S. targets Russia's technology sector in fresh sanctions

WASHINGTON -The USA on Thursday imposed recent sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, concentrating on operators within the know-how sector in an effort to stop Moscow from evading sanctions and increasing Washington’s sanctions authorities.

The U.S. Treasury Division in an announcement stated it imposed sanctions on 21 entities and 13 folks, together with Joint Inventory Firm Mikron, the most important Russian producer and exporter of microelectronics and Russia’s largest chipmaker.

The Treasury additionally expanded sanctions authorities to incorporate the aerospace, marine and electronics sectors of the Russian financial system. The transfer permits Washington to impose sanctions on any individual or entity decided to function in these sectors, the Treasury stated.

Thursday’s transfer additionally focused “malicious cyber actors,” the Treasury stated.

“We are going to proceed to focus on Putin’s battle machine with sanctions from each angle, till this mindless battle of alternative is over,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated within the assertion.

The measures are the newest in a collection of sanctions imposed on Moscow by Washington and its allies since Russian forces invaded Ukraine within the largest assault on a European state since World Warfare Two. Moscow calls the assault a “particular operation.”