Notice2023-17641

Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions

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Published
August 17, 2023
Effective
February 24, 2023

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Abstract

The Secretary of State has imposed sanctions on 75 individuals and 44 entities and identified 22 vessels as blocked property.

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 158 (Thursday, August 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56114-56117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17641]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12123]


Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions

SUMMARY: The Secretary of State has imposed sanctions on 75 individuals 
and 44 entities and identified 22 vessels as blocked property.

DATES: The Secretary of State's determination and imposition of 
sanctions on the 75 individuals, 44 entities, and 22 vessels identified 
in the

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section were effective on February 24, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Mullinax, Director, Office of 
Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation, Bureau of Economic and 
Business Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: 
(202) 647 7677, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#69241c050500070811232d291a1d081d0c470e061f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="105d657c7c797e71685a545063647164753e777f66">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 1 of E.O. 14024, all 
property and interests in property that are in the United States, that 
hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come 
within the possession or control of any United States person of the 
following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, 
exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: (a) any person determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, and, with respect to subsection (a)(ii) of this section, in 
consultation with the Attorney General, or by the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, and, with respect 
to subsection (a)(ii) of this section, in consultation with the 
Attorney General: (i) to operate or have operated in the financial 
service sector, the technology sector, the defense and related materiel 
sector or the marine sector of the Russian Federation economy, or any 
other sector of the Russian Federation economy as may be determined by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State determined that Section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024 shall 
apply to the financial services and marine sectors of the Russian 
Federation economy.
    Pursuant to Section 1 of E.O. 14024, all property and interests in 
property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the 
United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or 
control of any United States person of the following persons are 
blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or 
otherwise dealt in: (a) any person determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and, with 
respect to subsection (a)(ii) of this section, in consultation with the 
Attorney General, or by the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, and, with respect to subsection (a)(ii) 
of this section, in consultation with the Attorney General: (ii) to be 
responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly 
engaged or attempted to engage in, any of the following for or on 
behalf of, or for the benefit of, directly or indirectly, the 
Government of the Russian Federation: (F) activities that undermine the 
peace, security, political stability, or territorial integrity of the 
United States, its allies, or its partners.
    Pursuant to Section 1 of E.O. 14024, all property and interests in 
property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the 
United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or 
control of any United States person of the following persons are 
blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or 
otherwise dealt in: (a) any person determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and, with 
respect to subsection (a)(ii) of this section, in consultation with the 
Attorney General, or by the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, and, with respect to subsection (a)(ii) 
of this section, in consultation with the Attorney General: (iii) to be 
or have been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of 
the board of directors of: (A) the Government of the Russian 
Federation.
    Pursuant to Section 1 of E.O. 14024, all property and interests in 
property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the 
United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or 
control of any United States person of the following persons are 
blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or 
otherwise dealt in: (a) any person determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and, with 
respect to subsection (a)(ii) of this section, in consultation with the 
Attorney General, or by the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, and, with respect to subsection (a)(ii) 
of this section, in consultation with the Attorney General: (iii) to be 
or have been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of 
the board of directors of: (C) an entity whose property and interests 
in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
    Pursuant to Section 1 of E.O. 14024, all property and interests in 
property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the 
United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or 
control of any United States person of the following persons are 
blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or 
otherwise dealt in: (a) any person determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and, with 
respect to subsection (a)(ii) of this section, in consultation with the 
Attorney General, or by the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, and, with respect to subsection (a)(ii) 
of this section, in consultation with the Attorney General: (iv) to be 
a political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the Government 
of the Russian Federation.
    Pursuant to Section 1 of E.O. 14024, all property and interests in 
property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the 
United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or 
control of any United States person of the following persons are 
blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or 
otherwise dealt in: (a) any person determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and, with 
respect to subsection (a)(ii) of this section, in consultation with the 
Attorney General, or by the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, and, with respect to subsection (a)(ii) 
of this section, in consultation with the Attorney General: (v) to be a 
spouse or adult child of any person whose property and interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) or (iii) of this 
section.
    Pursuant to Section 1 of E.O. 14024, all property and interests in 
property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the 
United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or 
control of any United States person of the following persons are 
blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or 
otherwise dealt in: (a) any person determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and, with 
respect to subsection (a)(ii) of this section, in consultation with the 
Attorney General, or by the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, and, with respect to subsection (a)(ii) 
of this section, in consultation with the Attorney General: (vii) to be 
owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on 
behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of the Russian 
Federation or any person whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to this order.
    The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) 
of E.O. 14024, that Limited Liability Company Citadel, Joint Stock 
Company Lenmorniiproekt, Open Joint Stock Company Corporation 
Novosibirsk Plant Elektrosignal, LLC Titan-Avangard, Igor Vladimirovich 
Borisov, LLC Spetsavia, Joint Stock Company Marine Arctic Geological 
Expedition, Federal State Unitary Enterprise Federal Center of Dual 
Technologies Soyuz, Limited Liability Company Astrakom, Closed Joint 
Stock Company RSK Technologies,

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Vostochnaya Verf Joint Stock Company, Joint Stock Company Votkinskiy 
Zavod, Joint Stock Company Eniks, Public Joint Stock Company Zavod 
Tula, Kazanskii Optiko-Mekhanicheskii Zavod AO, Botlikh Radio Plant 
Limited Liability Company, Joint Stock Company Moscow Order of the Red 
Banner of Labor Research Radio Engineering Institute, Limited Liability 
Company Antels, Closed Joint Stock Company Special Construction Bureau, 
Closed Joint Stock Company Norsi Trans, OOO Taimyrneftegaz-Port, 
Limited Liability Company Scientific and Production Company Tekhinkom, 
Pola Raiz OOO, and Joint Stock Company Argus Holding operate or have 
operated in the financial services sector, the technology sector, the 
defense and related materiel sector, or the marine sector of the 
Russian Federation economy.
    The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to Section 
1(a)(ii)(F) of E.O. 14024, that Leonid Ivanovich Pasechnik, Artem 
Volodymyrovich Zhoga, Sparta Battalion, Natalya Leonidivna Desyatova, 
State Unitary Enterprise State Grain Operator, and Aleksey 
Aleksandrovich Kostrubitsky are responsible for or complicit in, or 
have directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, 
activities that undermine the peace, security, political stability, or 
territorial integrity of the United States, its allies, or its partners 
for or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, directly or indirectly, the 
Government of the Russian Federation.
    The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to Section 
1(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 14024, that Vasiliy Aleksandrovich Orlov, 
Aleksandr Vitalevich Tsybulskiy, Igor Yuryevich Babushkin, Aleksey 
Sambuyevich Tsydenov, Roman Valentinovich Kopin, Sergey Alimovich 
Melikov, Makhmud-Ali Maksharipovich Kalimatov, Igor Ivanovich Kobzev, 
Stanislav Sergeyevich Voskresenskiy, Kazbek Valeryevich Kokov, Batu 
Sergeyevich Khasikov, Vladislav Valeryevich Shapsha, Vladimir 
Viktorovich Solodov, Rashid Borispievich Temrezov, Artur Olegovich 
Parfenchikov, Sergey Evgenyevich Tsivilev, Mikhail Vladimirovich 
Degtyarev, Valentin Olegovich Konovalov, Natalya Vladimirovna Komarova, 
Sergey Konstantinovich Sitnikov, Veniamin Ivanovich Kondratyev, Vadim 
Mikhailovich Shumkov, Sergey Konstantinovich Nosov, Oleg Vladimirovich 
Melnichenko, Artem Alekseyevich Zdunov, Andrey Vladimirovich Chibis, 
Yuriy Vasilyevich Bezdudniy, Gleb Sergeyevich Nikitin, Aleksandr 
Leonidovich Burkov, Andrey Evgenyevich Klychkov, Dmitriy Nikolayevich 
Makhonin, Oleg Nikolayevich Kozhemyako, Mikhail Yuryevich Vedernikov, 
Valeriy Igorevich Limarenko, Oleg Leonidovich Khorokhordin, Igor 
Mikhaylovich Rudenya, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Brechalov, Aleksey 
Yurevich Russkikh, Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Osipov, Murat Karalbiyevich 
Kumpilov, Aleksandr Valentinovich Sokolov, Yuriy Viktorovich Zaytsev, 
Pavel Viktorovich Malkov, Roman Viktorovich Busargin, Vladimir 
Vladimirovich Mazur, Mikhail Yakovlevich Evraev, Vladislav 
Tovarishchtayovich Khovalyg, Nikolay Grigorevich Shulginov, Aleksandr 
Aleksandrovich Kozlov, Aleksey Olegovich Chekunkov, Maksut Igorevich 
Shadayev, Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Kurenkov, Valeriy Nikolayevich 
Falkov, Olga Borisovna Lyubimova, Valentina Lvovna Kazakova, 
Magomedsalam Magomedaliyevich Magomedov, Yuriy Timofeyevich Averyanov, 
Anatoliy Vyacheslavovich Razinkin, Oleg Vasilyevich Matytsin, Anton 
Olegovich Kotyakov, and Tatyana Alekseyevna Golikova are or have been 
leaders, officials, senior executive officers, or members of the board 
of directors of the Government of the Russian Federation.
    The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to Section 
1(a)(iii)(C) of E.O. 14024, that Nikita Petrovich Busel, Anna Borisovna 
Surovikina, Yuriy Mikhailovich Milekhin, Anton Andreevich Cherepennikov 
Sergei Anatolyevich Ovchinnikov, Alexander Aleksandrovich Moskovsky, 
and Alexey Borisovich Shmelev each are or have been a leader, official, 
senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of an 
entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
E.O. 14024.
    The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to Section 1(a)(v) 
of E.O. 14024, that Olga Vladimirovna Skabeyeva, and Viktor Borisovich 
Khristenko are each a spouse or adult child of a person whose property 
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) or 
(a)(iii) of Section 1 of E.O. 14024.
    The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to Section 
1(a)(vii) of E.O. 14024, that Limited Liability Company Osnova Lab, 
Limited Liability Company Malvin Systems, Limited Liability Company MFI 
Soft, Limited Liability Company Tekhargos, Limited Liability Company 
Signatek, Limited Liability Company Bastion, Limited Liability Company 
ADM Systems, Limited Liability Company Garda Technologies, KNS Group 
OOO, JSC Scientific and Production Company Kryptonit, Limited Liability 
Company STK, Limited Liability Company Golfesteit, Limited Liability 
Company Laifinvest, Joint Stock Company Argus SFK, Limited Liability 
Company Iskusstvo Krasoty, Limited Liability Company Rudniy, Limited 
Liability Company Holding Intelligent Computer Systems, and Limited 
Liability Company RSK Labs are owned or controlled by, or have acted or 
purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the 
Government of the Russian Federation or any person whose property and 
interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024.
    The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to Section 1(a)(iv) 
of E.O. 14024, that Main Computation Center of the General Staff of the 
Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is a political subdivision, 
agency, or instrumentality of the Government of the Russian Federation.
    The following vessels subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked:

Pola Dudinka (IMO: 9190107) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Sevastiana (IMO: 9691785) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Makaria (IMO: 9849423) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Filofeia (IMO: 9849435) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Sofia (IMO: 9849459) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Feodosia (IMO: 9849461) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Fiva (IMO: 9849473) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Anatolia (IMO: 9851103) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Anfisa (IMO: 9851115) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Gali (IMO: 9851127) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Harita (IMO: 9888792) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Pelagia (IMO: 9888807) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Aleksandr Sokolov (IMO: 9889198) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Anastasia (IMO: 9897690) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Maria (IMO: 9897705) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Yaroslava (IMO: 9903827) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Varvara (IMO: 9903839) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Agata (IMO: 9903841) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Alexia (IMO: 9903853) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
Pola Marina (IMO: 9903865) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)

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Pola Miropia (IMO: 9903877) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)
ASTROL-1 (IMO: 9906544) (Linked to Pola Raiz OOO)

    Pursuant to E.O. 14024, these persons and properties have been 
added to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. 
All property and interests in property of these persons subject to U.S. 
jurisdiction are blocked.

Whitney Baird,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2023-17641 Filed 8-16-23; 8:45 am]
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