Three legal entities from Russia have fallen under new US sanctions

Three Russian legal entities have fallen under the new US sanctions. This was confirmed on December 18 by a publication on the website of the U.S. Treasury Department.

The restrictions affected the St. Petersburg-based JSC "Ardal", Moscow-based LLC "MTV", as well as LLC "Farwarter" from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

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Earlier, on December 11, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the U.S. side will continue to apply measures to tighten sanctions against Russia. In addition, she noted that the restrictions against Russia would further strengthen Ukraine 's position along with military support and the allocation of a $20bn loan to the country.

Prior to that, on November 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the volume of Western anti-Russian sanctions was historically unprecedented, but the restrictions did not deal Russia "a crushing blow from which it will not be able to recover". The head of state emphasized that no sanctions will change the fact that Russia is actually needed by the world.

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