Before Russia’s Victory Day, the West announced heavy sanctions

US President Joe Biden attends an online meeting with leaders of the G7 and Ukraine on May 8 – Photo: TWITTER POTUS

According to a notice posted on the website of the White House, among the businesses sanctioned is the arms company Promtekhnologiya of Russiawith 7 shipping companies and 1 tug company.

The US Nuclear Materials Administration will also suspend permits to export special nuclear materials to Russia.

Washington bans all Russian companies from accessing the consulting and accounting services of American companies, describing it as a “key” for Russian elites to hide their assets and support the Moscow war. in Ukraine.

The US also targeted three major Russian television stations including NTV, Russia-1 and One Russia. In addition, about 2,600 Russian and Belarusian military officials were barred from entering the US on the grounds that they “are constantly undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty, political independence and territorial integrity”.

Eight executives from Sberbank – which accounts for a third of Russia’s total banking assets – and 27 senior Gazprombank employees were also included in the visa restriction list.

According to the newspaper New York Timesthe sanctions were announced while US President Joe Biden was having an online meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky and other leaders of the G7 group.

In a statement after the meeting, the G7 pledged to reduce dependence on Russia for goods such as oil and strengthen sanctions on elites who support Russian President Vladimir Putin. The leaders also promised to continue providing billions of dollars in financial and military aid to Ukraine.

“We are united by the determination that the President of Russia will not be able to win the war against Ukraine,” the statement read.

After the meeting, the UK announced new sanctions targeting Russia. Accordingly, items such as precious metals including platinum and palladium mined in Russia when imported into the UK will be subject to additional tariffs.

London will also ban the export of items totaling around £250 million that are important to Russia’s heavy industry.

New UK sanctions bring the total value of goods subject to additional tariffs or export bans to more than £4 billion.

“This far-reaching package of sanctions will cause further damage to Russia,” the UK Department of International Trade said in a statement on May 8.

The United States is expected to announce more export restrictions to Russia today, May 9 in an effort to weaken Moscow’s defense industrial complex, according to reports. New York Times.

Russia has not yet commented on the moves of the West.

Putin promises Russia ‘will win, just like 1945’

TTO – On May 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that “just like in 1945, we will win”, on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. gave a speech commemorating World War II.