OFAC Sanctions Entities, People for Aiding Sanctioned Russian Financier
The Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned three people and five entities involved in helping a Russian financier evade U.S. sanctions, OFAC said in a July 15 press release. The sanctions target Russia-based M Invest, its subsidiary Meroe Gold and two M Invest officials: Andrei Mandel and Mikhail Potepkin. OFAC also targeted Hong Kong-based Shine Dragon Group Limited, Shen Yang Jing Cheng Machinery Imp & Exp. Co., Zhe Jiang Jiayi Small Commodities Trade Company Limited and Shine Dragon Group director Igor Lavrenkov.
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The entities and people help financier Yevgeniy Prigozhin avoid U.S. sanctions by aiding his “global operations” and attempts to “suppress and discredit protestors seeking democratic reforms” in Sudan. Prigozhin is the financier of the Internet Research Agency, a Russian “troll farm” that was designated by OFAC in 2018.