The U.S. Treasury announced the expansion of economic sanctions against Russia, the list includes all major Russian state-owned companies.
The United States imposed penalties, prohibiting exports of goods, services and technologies in support of the Russian projects of Oil in deep water, the Arctic shelf, or in the shale formations, relative to organizations Gazprom, Gazprom Neft, LUKOIL, Surgutneftegaz and Rosneft. For " Gazprom Oil " and Transneft increased access to foreign financing, transfers ITAR-TASS. In the financial sector were listed Sberbank, Bank of Moscow, Gazprombank, Russian agricultural Bank, VEB and VTB. Also the US imposed fresh sanctions against five military factories in Russia. In the list was Mytishchi Machine company, Machine-building enterprise named after Kalinin, " Almaz-Antey ", research Institute (NIIP), as Well as the Company stated in U.S. sanctions list As Dolgoprudny research-industrial complex ". In addition, under penalty was hit by a Corporation with assistance. As stated, the punishment imposed " in connection with the situation in Ukraine ". As said at a special press conference For reporters Commissioner of the U.S. administration, Washington was ready to cancel part of the punishment, if Moscow and the Ukrainian militia " in good faith will perform in Minsk agreement ". Before the last working day of the week, the EU imposed against Russia penalties against financial, oil and defense industries. Also expanded the list of individuals who are under punishment.

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