EU launched a new round of sanctions against hundreds of companies, including several Chinese companies, which it accuses of helping Russia in his war against Ukraine.
“The nearly 300 targets of these sanctions include actors who have allowed Russia acquire the technology and equipment they need abroad,” said the Treasury Department.
“Today’s actions will further disrupt and degrade the war efforts of Russia by attacking its military industrial base and the evasion networks that help supply it,” the announcement continued.
The US points fingers at Chinese companies
As part of the measures, EU This Wednesday, he pointed out several Chinese companies that produce and export “essential objects for the Russian air defense industry.”
In turn, the Treasury also sanctioned more than 80 companies that it accuses of helping the government of Vladimir Putin to evade sanctions or to support the chemical and biological weapons program of Russia.
Among them are companies based in China, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Türkiye, Slovakia y United Arab Emirateshe detailed in a statement.
The package of measures also includes sanctions against three people who Washington accused of being related to the death of the Russian opponent Alexey Nalavni.
Sanctioned for the death of Alexei Nalavni
Those identified are all workers at the IK-3 and IK-2 penitentiaries, in the Arctic town of Jarp, where the politician died in circumstances that are still unclear.
The measures announced this Wednesday come days after an official visit by the Secretary of State for EU, Antony Blinkena China where he asked Beijing that “does not help Russia“, stopping it from supplying components that could be used in the war against Ukraine.
Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, China has maintained an ambiguous position within which it has requested respect for “the territorial integrity of all countries,” including Ukraineand attention to the “legitimate concerns of all countries”, in reference to Russia. EFE