FACT SHEET
MARCH 15, 2022
The
world has been transfixed as Russia has perpetrated a premeditated, unprovoked,
and unjustified attack on Ukraine. Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine
has resulted in widespread human suffering and casualties, including the deaths
of innocent civilians, including children. Today, the Department of State is
continuing to impose severe costs on Russian military leaders.
Specifically, the
following 11 individuals are being designated pursuant to E.O. 14024 Section
1(a)(i), as persons who operate or have operated in the defense and related
materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy:
1. ALEKSEY
KRIVORUCHKO is
a Russian Ministry of Defense Deputy Minister of Defense.
2. TIMUR
IVANOV is
a Russian Ministry of Defense Deputy Minister of Defense.
3. YUNUS-BEK
EVKUROV is
a Russian Ministry of Defense Deputy Minister of Defense.
4. DMITRY
BULGAKOV is
a Russian Deputy Minister of Defense and a General of the Army. Bulgakov is the
Russian Federation Ministry of Defense’s senior-most officer responsible for
logistics matters.
5. YURIY
SADOVENKO is
a Russian Ministry of Defense Deputy Minister of Defense.
6. NIKOLAY
PANKOV is
a Russian Ministry of Defense Deputy Minister of Defense.
7. RUSLAN
TSALIKOV is
a Russian Ministry of Defense Deputy Minister of Defense.
8. GENNADY
ZHIDKO is
a Russian Ministry of Defense Deputy Minister of Defense.
9. VIKTOR
ZOLOTOV is
a Russian General of the Army and Commander-in-Chief of Russia’s National Guard
Troops. He is a member of Russia’s Security Council.
10. DMITRY
SHUGAEV is
a senior leader of the Russian Ministry of Defense who is the Director of the
Russian Ministry of Defense’s Federal Service for Military Technical
Cooperation.
11. ALEXANDER
MIKHEEV is
the Director General of Rosoboronexport, which is Russia’s state-controlled
intermediary that carries out foreign trade with respect to military goods.
Mikheev has been involved in synchronizing the supplies of weapons and special
equipment using the Russian Ministry of Defense’s capabilities; has served as a
member of an organizing committee led by Russia’s Minister of Defense of a
Russian Ministry of Defense-organized military-focused forum; and has served on
a delegation led by Russia’s Minister of Defense.
These persons will be
added to the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons and all
property and interests in property of the individuals above that are in the
United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked and
must be reported to the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC). In addition, any entities that are owned, directly or
indirectly, 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons are also
blocked. All transactions by U.S. persons or within (or transiting) the
United States that involve any property or interests in property of designated
or otherwise blocked persons are prohibited unless authorized by a general or
specific license issued by OFAC, or exempt. These prohibitions include
the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by,
to, or for the benefit of any blocked person and the receipt of any
contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
https://www.state.gov/u-s-announces-sanctions-on-key-members-of-russias-defense-enterprise/
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