US Adds New Sanctions To Russia, This Time Targeting Aircraft Companies And Ship Industry

Western sanctions are now targeting the aircraft industry in Russia. (photo: doc. pixabay)

JAKARTA – Western sanctions for Russia continue. Even the United States on Thursday, June 2 added 71 Russian and Belarusian entities to its trade blacklist. These include several aircraft manufacturers and shipyards as well as research institutes. This is done in their latest attempt to remove US technology and other items from the Russian military.

The export restrictions were among a series of new sanctions Washington imposed last Thursday in response to Russia's war in Ukraine, including additional bans on Russian oligarchs and members of the country's elite.

Those affected by the sanctions include 70 Russian companies and other entities such as several units of the Russian Academy of Sciences, including the AA Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems and the VA Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences as well as one Belarusian entity.

The companies added to the blacklist include several aircraft manufacturers and the Voronezh Joint Stock Aircraft Company, one of Russia's largest aircraft manufacturers for passenger and cargo aircraft.

The Irkutsk Aviation Plant, which has produced nearly 7,000 aircraft of more than 20 types since 1934 and produces the MC-21 family of aircraft, was also added.

In total, the US Commerce Department has now added 322 entities to its economic blacklist that supports the Russian military since February.

"The United States and our international partners have imposed strong and comprehensive restrictions on Russia's ability to obtain the goods and technology it needs to defend its military aggression," said Deputy Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Alan Estevez.

Of the 71 entities, 66 were determined to be military end users. Also added is the Ilyushin Aviation Complex Branch, St. Petersburg Shipbuilding Institution and the Special Research Bureau for Automation of Marine Researches Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Through these new sanctions, of course, forcing Russia to further develop their own technology.