US Puts Additional Central Asian Companies on Russia Sanctions List – The Diplomat

To mark the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last week and the recent death of Russia opposition politician Alexei Navalny, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions on almost 300 individuals and entities.

Embedded in the list were a handful of Central Asian companies. The latest round of sanctions designations included the Bishkek-based Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoy Otvetstvennostyu Ukon (Ukon). As Kloop reported, citing a Ministry of Justice database, Ukon was…