The US introduced new sanctions against Russia: a list of people and companies

Washington imposed sanctions against three Russians and five companies associated with entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin, writes «РИА Новости».

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A statement from the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury Department said that the restrictions would include organizations in Sudan, Hong Kong and Thailand that allegedly helped Prigozhin evade previously imposed sanctions. The United States also accused these structures of trying to “suppress and discredit protesters for democratic reforms in Sudan.”

The sanctions included Russians Igor Lavrenkov and Mikhail Potepkin, Andrei Mandel (citizenship not specified), as well as the company M Invest LLC and its associated Meroe Gold Co. Ltd, Shen Yang Jing Cheng Machinery Imp&Exp. Co., Limited, Shine Dragon Group Limited and Zhe Jiang Jiayi Small Commodities Trade Company Limited.

Washington claims that some of these organizations helped carry out more than a hundred transfers amounting to more than $7,5 million, “sent in the interests of Prigozhin.”

Igor Lavrenkov, who headed Shine Dragon Group Limited, was “personally involved in establishing the company’s connection with M Invest,” which allegedly “developed plans for former Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir to suppress protests,” the report said.

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Previously, American authorities closed the case against two of Prigozhin’s companies; prosecutors took such an initiative just a few weeks before the start of the process. Then the entrepreneur was accused of involvement in “interference” in the American elections. It was noted that the publication of the evidence could only reveal the methods of American law enforcement agencies, but de facto would not help bring the Russians to justice.

Concord Management's lawyer Eric Dubelier regarded this as a victory, and the businessman himself asked Attorney General William Barr to reopen the case against his company so that he could publicly prove his innocence.

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