The US has placed five individuals and five companies on the sanctions list

TheUnited States has put five individuals and five organizations on the sanctions list. This was announced by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control(OFAC) on December 4.

Among those added to the list are three people with Russian passports, a Ukrainian and a Latvian citizen.

The list includes companies from the UK, Thailand, UAE and the US.

The agency will impose visa restrictions against those listed under decree 14024, according to which the list included allegedly involved in human rights violations.

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On the eve, December 3, it was reported about the intention of the current U.S. administration before the resignation at the end of January to impose new sanctions against Russia.

Earlier, on November 21, the United States took additional measures to restrict Russia's use of the international financial system. The United States imposed sanctions against the first deputy chairmen of the Bank of Russia Vladimir Chistyukhin and Dmitry Tulin. Gazprombank also fell under the sanctions.

On the same day, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the Western sanctions will not lead to restrictions on Russia's foreign trade. According to him, all restrictions by Western countries first of all hit them. The next day, on November 22, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia was considering retaliatory measures to the U.S. sanctions against Gazprombank.

Western countries stepped up sanctions pressure on Russia after the start of the special operation to protect civilians in Donbass, which was announced on February 24, 2022.