USA IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA’S WAGNER GROUP AND ITS AFFILIATES.
State Department today imposed sanctions on a Chinese companies for allegedly providing satellite imagery in Ukraine to help “Wagner”
The United States has imposed sanctions on individuals and companies allegedly associated with the Wagner PMCs
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken pointed out that the US Treasury Department “classified the Wagner Group as a “serious transnational criminal organization”
The American authorities imposed sanctions on a number of individuals and legal entities associated with the Wagner PMC and indicated that they would consider it a transnational criminal organization. This is stated in a statement issued by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Thursday.
According to Blinken, “the United States is imposing sanctions against individuals and structures associated with the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group and its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin,” including “key infrastructure and related shell companies,” as well as a number of arms manufacturers in the Russian Federation. Blinken clarified that this step, in particular, is aimed at complicating Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.
The US Treasury Department said it classified the Wagner PMC as a “serious transnational criminal organization.” Earlier, the authorities have already imposed sanctions against the PMCs “Wagner” and Prigozhin.
Individuals and legal entities
The new restrictions affected Charter Green Light Moscow, which allegedly carries out air transportation for the Wagner PMCs, and its head Alexey Malyarevich. Sanctions for ties with Prigozhin are being imposed against the firm Africa Politology. According to the American side, it is “developing strategies and mechanisms aimed at forcing Western countries to reduce their presence in Africa.” Prime Security and Development, Sewa Security Services, the Commonwealth of Officers for International Security organization and its director Alexander Ivanov are allegedly blacklisted.
According to the materials of the US Treasury, sanctions are being imposed against Terra Tech JSC, allegedly receiving satellite images and photos taken from airplanes and drones, as well as the Chinese company Changsha Tianyi Space Science and Technology Research Institute and its subsidiary Spacety Luxembourg. In addition, the research and production concern Barl has been blacklisted, allegedly providing satellite images to the Russian military.
The statement of the financial department says that restrictions will be imposed against the UAE-based airline Kratol Aviation. According to the US authorities, she carries out transportation for the Wagner PMCs in the CAR, Libya and Mali. Russian Valery Zakharov has been blacklisted. He allegedly worked in the PMCs and was “an adviser to the President of the CAR on national security.”
In addition, the State Department announced the imposition of sanctions against a number of Russian officials. Among them are the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Arkady Gostev, the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Rostov region Dmitry Bezrukikh and the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Tula region Ivan Prokopenko. According to the US authorities, they allegedly “facilitated the admission of Russian prisoners to the Wagner Group.”