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A US State Department official told Reuters it was the most concerted effort yet against third-country piracy.
The United States imposed sanctions on nearly 400 entities and individuals, including four Indian companies, from more than a dozen countries for helping Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine. While this is not the first time India has been the target of US sanctions, a US State Department official told Reuters, it was the most concerted effort yet against third-country piracy.
The United States is today imposing sanctions on nearly 400 entities and individuals to enable it to prosecute Russia for its illegal war. In this action, the State Department is imposing sanctions on more than 120 individuals and entities. Concurrently, the Treasury Department is designating more than 270 individuals and entities. The Commerce Department is also adding 40 entities to its entity list, the US State Department said in a statement.
One of the Indian firms named in the statement is Ascend Aviation India Pvt Ltd, which sent more than 700 shipments to Russia-based companies between March 2023 and March 2024. components of the aircraft, the US State Department said, and also named its directors. The US has also called out Mask Trans, an India-based company involved in the supply of CHPL items worth more than $300,000, such as aviation components, to Russia-based and US-nominated S7 Engineering LLC from June 2023 to at least April 2024. Is.
