Washington’s latest move is a measure aimed at punishing Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
The Biden administration on Friday announced a new round of export restrictions for Russia and Belarus, adding 120 entities, mostly companies with military links, to the list of those blocked from receiving them. important technology.
The additions to the Ministry of Commerce’s list of legal entities follow Several similar actions by the United States have been aimed at weakening the Russian military since President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24.
The Commerce Department said Friday’s action is aimed at “undermining the defense, aerospace, maritime and other strategic sectors of Russia and Belarus in response to Russia’s brutal attack on sovereignty of Ukraine,” said the Ministry of Commerce.
The White House argued that the controls would help prevent technology and software from reaching military fields in Russia and Belarus.
“These parties are effectively being cut off from the inputs necessary to keep Putin’s war going,” Commerce Minister Gina Raimondo said in a statement. .
Expanded export control
The controls are based on a substantial expansion of the so-called Foreign Direct Product Rule, which forces companies that manufacture high and low-tech items abroad with US tools to Apply for a permit from the United States before shipping to Russia.
The measures also instruct the Department of Commerce to reject nearly all such licensing requests.
In total, the Commerce Department added 260 entities to the entity list in response to the invasion of Ukraine, which Russia calls a “special operation”.
