The United States has blacklisted several Russian companies and individuals over their alleged connection to the Ukrainian crisis and the 2014 reunification of the Crimean peninsula with the Russian mainland.
The US Treasury Department said in statement on Tuesday that the sanctions were against eight Russian infrastructure, shipping and construction companies that have ties to projects in and near Crimea.
It said the blacklist also included seven businessmen who had “extensive business dealings” with Russia’s Ministry of Defense.
The Treasury further named 26 subsidiaries of Russian Agricultural Bank and gas producer Novatek, both of which had already been sanctioned in 2014.
“Today’s action is in response to Russia’s unlawful occupation of Crimea and continued aggression in Ukraine,” said John Smith, the acting director of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, which imposes sanctions.
“These targeted sanctions aim to maintain…