A brand new spherical of US sanctions is an assault on Russia’s core pursuits however Moscow will maintain defending them, the RIA information company quoted Russian ambassador to america Anatoly Antonov as saying on Friday (Feb 23).
The United States earlier imposed extensive sanctions towards Russia, concentrating on greater than 500 individuals and entities to mark the second anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and retaliate for the dying of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
“The brand new illegitimate restrictions are yet one more brazen and cynical try and intrude within the inside affairs of the Russian Federation,” RIA quoted Antonov as saying.
America focused Russia’s state-owned Nationwide Cost Card System, the operator of the Mir fee system, SPB Financial institution, owned by SPB Change, gold producer Uzhuralzoloto, pipe producer TMK, and main Russian steelmaker Mechel, amongst others.
The Nationwide Cost Card System stated that the sanctions wouldn’t have an effect on the operation of fee companies contained in the nation.
The US additionally imposed sanctions on the producer of the Russian luxurious Aurus limousine. The Kremlin stated on Thursday that Vladimir Putin had given Kim Jong Un an Aurus as a present as a result of the North Korean chief favored the automobile when the Russian president confirmed it to him final yr.
