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New Measures Targeting Third-Country Enablers Supporting Russia’s Military-Industrial Base
FACT SHEET
OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON
OCTOBER 30, 2024
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DISRUPTING SANCTIONS EVASION AND BACKFILLING EFFORTS
The Department seeks to disrupt the networks and channels through which Russia procures technology and equipment from entities in third countries to support its war effort. Today’s designations target producers, exporters, and importers of items critical to Russia’s military-industrial base. Those items include microelectronics and computer numerical control items (CNC) on the Common High Priority List (CHPL), as identified by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) alongside the European Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK), and Japan. Entities based in the PRC, India, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), among other countries, continue to sell these items...
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1) The State Department's October 30, 2024 designations are generally consistent in character with prior press releases designating third-country companies for Russia-related dealings under the “operating in” designation criteria, but a few aspects of this press release are notable vis-à-vis those issue prior:
• The State Department appears, in a systematic fashion, to be designating third-country suppliers of goods to Russia as well as the Russian wholesalers and importers to which the goods were imported.
• The State Department has included details concerning the value of the goods shipped in many cases, highlight how, in some cases, relatively low-value shipments can result in designations (see e.g. GUCLU GLOBAL LOJISTIK LIMITED SIRKETI (GUCLU GLOBAL) (shipped approximately $96,000 worth of CHPL items, including electrical equipment and diodes of U.S. and E.U.-origin, to Russia-based companies), though in this case it is likely that...