A list of 400 individuals and companies added to the U.S. Commerce Department’s sanctions list last week as a result of the help they provided Moscow in obtaining electronic components despite sanctions includes four Russian and two European companies that had been implicated in an investigative report by Schemes, the investigative unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service. The list includes the Russian-registered Display Component and Aspectrium, as well as two companies with the same name -- Eksiton. It also includes Hungary's Matrix Metal Group and Cyprus's Noratec Holdings. In May. Schemes said in its report that the six companies had been involved in supplying Russia with electronic components used in military planes. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.
U.S. Imposes Sanctions On 6 Companies Implicated In Report By RFE/RL's Schemes
The U.S. Department of Commerce added hundreds of entities to it sanctions list last week. (file photo)