GovWire

• UKannounces 46new sanctions targeting individuals and groups supplying and funding Putins war machine
• this includes businesses inBelarus, China, Serbia, Turkey the UAEandUzbekistanwho continue to support Russias illegal invasion of Ukraine
• by includingentities operatinginChina, Serbia, and Uzbekistanthe UK has nowtaken actionagainst over 30third-country entities supporting Russias war efforts.This signals the UKs no tolerance approach to those enabling Russias illegal war,wherever they may be

Foreign military suppliers exporting equipment and parts to Russia are among dozens of individuals and groups sanctioned today to target those helping Putins war machine.

Russian weapons manufacturers and defence importerswere also among the list of 46 new sanctions imposed as well as3actors supporting the Wagner Group networkand4 operators ofso-called shadow fleet vessels used by Russia to soften the blow of oil-related sanctions imposed by the UK alongsideG7 partners.

As the Prime Minister said to Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a call last week, the UKs support for our Ukrainian allies is steadfast.Todays measures will disrupt Putins ability to equip his military through third-party supply chainsinBelarus, China, Serbia, Turkey, the UAEand Uzbekistan.

The move willhit Russia where it hurts and starvePutin of the resourceshe needs for his illegal war on Ukraine.

Todays package comes as G7 leaders are due to discuss and agree additionalmeasures designed to:

• go further to bear down on the revenue Russia needs to finance Putinswar machine
• prevent Russia from accessing inputs to its military and industrial base, and
• demonstrateto Russia there is a price to pay for the damage it has caused to Ukraine

Among those sanctionedtodayare:

• Russias military industrial complex:31individualsand entitieslinked to designing and manufacturing drones and missile parts andimporting and supplying key electronic components. This includes severaldirectors and their immediate family members

• third countrysuppliers to Russias military:

  • JSC Display Design Bureau, a Belarusian defence organisation linked to manufacturing military technology for the Belarusian regime, which has directly facilitated?Putins illegal war
  • AVIO CHEM, aSerbian company which has sent multiple shipments of aircraft?parts and accessories to Russian entities
  • MVIZION, an Uzbek company which acted as intermediary to import parts to Russia
  • a Turkish entity, Smart Trading Limited, involved in the supply of sanctioned western electronics to Russia
  • 3 Chineseentities: Asia Pacific Links Limited, Sinno Electronics Co., Limited, and Xinghua Co., Limited, supplying sanctioned goods, critical for Russias war efforts
• Wagner Group related:3 entities and individuals linked to the Wagner Groups wider network, includingRUSICH Military group,aprivate Russian company active in Ukraine and its commander
• oil related: 4 UAE-based entities usingopaque corporatestructures and deceptive shipping practices tofacilitateunfettered trade in Russian oil, bearing down onRussias efforts to generate war revenues

Sanctions are starving Russias military of key western components and technology. Alongside our partners, sanctions on international supply chains have resulted in a 98% reduction of Russian imports of battlefield technologyfrom sanctioning countries. Pre-invasion Russia was a major exporter of arms. Instead, it is now having to turn to North Korea and Iran for unreliable equipment and to buy back parts it previously exported to other countries. While the world is moving forwards technologically, Russia is going backwards.?

In tandem with todays sanctions, the National Crime Agency has today issued an advisory forthe UKs regulatedsector. This advisory provides banks and otherfirmswith key red flags of transactionsand customer attributescommonlyassociated with sanctions evasion. We call on industry to report all suspicious activity, and potential sanctions breaches as set out in the guidance.

Sanctions Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyansaid:

Todays sanctions will hit Putinwhere it hurts,damaging Russian defence systems,and cracking down on illegal supply chainspropping up Russias war machine.

Working alongside our G7 partners and international allies we will continue toratchet up pressure onPutinandcrack down onthird parties providing restricted goods and technology to Russia, wherever they may be.

Todays sanctions tackle Russias?repeated attempts?to circumvent and offset the clear impact UK sanctions are having on its war effort.

In Augustthe UK launched one of its largest ever actions targeting Russian military suppliers and last month took action to disrupta covert procurement network used by Russia to acquirecritical western technology. Todays announcement builds on these actions and cracks down on those who continue to supply and fund Putins illegal war in Ukraine.

Background

The?full list of individuals and organisations?sanctioned?by the UK today:??

• JSC SOYUZ
• Arutyunov Alexander BORISOVICH
• Dmitriy Vladimirovich BABAN
• Kamo Stepanovich GUKASYAN
• Mikhail Nikolaevich BYCHKOV
• Mkrtich Stepanovich ARAKELYAN
• Ganez, Stepanovich GUKASYAN
• Semyon MkrtychovichSIMONYAN
• Stepan KamoevichGUKASYAN
• Vasilii YuryevichKRITSKII
• Vitalii YuryevichBABENKOV
• Vladimir Nikolaevich ANYUROV
• ZorairArtyushevichAPRESYAN
• Andranik MkrtichovichOKROYAN
• Anna MkrtichevnaOKROYAN
• ArutyunOkroevichOKROYAN
• Vaso MikhakovickOKROYAN
• Mkrtich OKROYAN
• JSC RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION ENTERPRISE RADAR MMS
• JSC VOTKINSK MACHINE BUILDING PLANT
• Dmitriy STREZHNEV
• JSC RADIOTECHKOMPLEKT
• JSC RATEP
• Aleksandr ZAKHAROV
• Svetlana ZAKHAROVA
• Nikita ZAKHAROV
• Mariya ZAKHAROVA
• Lavrenty ZAKHAROV
• ID SOLUTION
• Aeroscan
• Orion
• Yan IgorovichPETROVSKIY
• Task Force Rusich
• Charter Green Light
• OOO MVIZION
• Smart Trading Limited Sti
• Sinno Electronics Co., Limited
• AsiaPacific Links Limited
• Xinghua Co., Limited
• JSC DISPLAY DESIGN BUREAU
• Avio Chem
• Oil Tankers (SCF) Management
• K&O Shipmanagement
• Radiating World Shipping Services
• Star Voyages Shipping
• Sergei SeergevichTregub