EU Adds 217 Individuals, 18 Entities to Russia Sanctions List as Part of 5th Sanctions Wave
The EU added 217 individuals and 18 entities to its fifth sanctions package on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. Announcing the additions April 8, the European Council said they include Kremlin officials, oligarchs and proponents of disinformation surrounding the war in Ukraine. Among them Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor, shareholder of fertilizer company Acron Group; Boris Rotenberg, shareholder of Gazprom Drilling and co-owner of the SGM group; and Oleg Deripaska, owner of Russian Machines and other arms companies. The restrictions also apply to family members of sanctioned individuals.
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The entities include four Russian banks -- Bank Otkritie, Novikombank, Sovcombank and VTB. The other entities are Arzamas Machine-Building Plant, Ruselectronics, JSC Tactical Missiles Corporation, JSC Kalashnikov Concern, JSC UEC Klimov, LLC Military Industrial Company, PO More Shipyard, JSC Omsk Transport Machine Factory Omsktransmash, JSC Russian Machines, JSC Sozvezdie Concern, JSC Research and Industrial Concern, PJSC United Engine Corporation, Yantar Shipyard and JSC GTLK.