The United States on Sunday unveiled sanctions against three Russian television stations, banned Americans from providing accounting and consulting services to Russians, and sanctioned executives from Gazprombank to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
Highlights
- U.S.
- unveils sanctions against three Russian television stations, banned Americans from providing accounting and consulting services to Russians.
- Measures leveled against Gazprombank executives were the first involving the giant Russian gas exporter.
- Eight executives from Sberbank, which holds one-third of Russia’s banking assets, were added to the sanctions list.
- The sanctions are the latest effort by the United States to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin after his country’s assault on Ukraine.
- New export control restrictions were aimed at directly degrading Putin’s war effort, including controls on industrial engines, bulldozers, wood products, motors, and fans.