The latest actions take aim at people and entities accused of supplying Russia's industry and furthering its ability to wage war against Ukraine, as fighting continues after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
The Treasury Department imposed sanctions on more than 150 parties, while the State Department did so on over 100, including those engaged in sanctions evasion in third countries.
"Our sanctions today continue to tighten the vise on willing third-country suppliers and networks providing Russia the inputs it desperately needs to ramp up and sustain its military-industrial base," said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a statement.
She added that the Kremlin "has steadily turned Russia into a wartime economy."
These moves come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went to Congress and the White House to push for more US military aid in battling the Russian invasion.
But the Republican Party is ever-more openly rejecting the idea of funding Ukraine, calling for more attention to domestic issues.
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Treasury said Tuesday that the latest sanctions underscore Russia's use of "complex transnational networks" to acquire technology and equipment needed for its war economy.
Among those targeted by the department was a network based in China, Russia, Hong Kong and Pakistan, allegedly "involved in the facilitation and procurement of Chinese-manufactured weapons and technologies to Russia."
These include Chinese national Hu Xiaoxun and his China-based private defense company Jarvis HK Co.
Companies in Turkey and the UAE were also targeted, alongside other China-based entities such as satellite imagery firms Beijing Yunze Technology Co and Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co.
Both were said to have provided high-resolution imagery to private military company Wagner, said the Treasury.
Switzerland-based electronics exporter Thamestone and Singapore-based supplier Micro Electronics Technologies were punished as well.
The State Department's sanctions also cover those bolstering Moscow's future energy production and export capacity, it said.
And the department is "designating entities involved in the proliferation of military equipment and munitions" from North Korea to Russia, added Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
"We will continue to use the tools at our disposal to promote accountability for Russia's crimes in Ukraine and those who finance and support Russia's war machine," added Blinken in a statement.
Britain creates new unit to crack down on companies evading Russian sanctions
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 11, 2021 -
Britain on Monday announced the creation of a new enforcement unit to crack down on companies evading sanctions imposed on Russia over its war in Ukraine, as London is expected to level new punitive measures against the Kremlin.
The Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation will be tasked with civil enforcement of sanctions and will help businesses comply with the restrictions and investigate potential breaches, issue civil penalties and refer cases for criminal enforcement, Britain's Industry and Economic Security Ministry said in a statement.
"Today's announcement will further strengthen the UK's sanctions system and allow us to maximize the impact that trade sanctions have on those who continue to flout global rules," Britain's sanction minister, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Britain has been among leading nations in trying to hold Moscow to account, slapping sanctions against more than 1,500 people and entities, including oligarchs and major banks.
British restrictions on Russia have also posed London to phase out imports of Russian oil by year's end and curbed its exportation of critical technologies to Moscow with intent to paralyze its military-industrial development.
Because of the moves, more than $25 billion of Britain-Russia trade is sanctioned, resulting in trade between to the two countries falling to historic lows, London said, with imports from Russia to Britain having dropped by 94%.
The announcement of the new office -- which is to launch early next year -- also comes as Britain is expected to unleash new sanctions targeting industries that raise revenue to fund the war and items Russian soldiers have been using on the battlefield in Ukraine, such as machine parts and chemicals.
"Without international sanctions, we estimate Russia would have over $400 billion more to fund the war, enough to fund the invasion for a further four years," Trevelyan said.
"We are hitting Russia where it hurts and starving Putin of the resources he needs to fund his illegal war on Ukraine."
On Wednesday, Britain imposed 46 new sanctions against military suppliers propping up Russia's war, hitting business in Belarus, China, Serbia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan.
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