PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE Today we are imposing sanctions in response to Iran’s support of Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine, including Tehran’s transfer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia, which are being used by Moscow to strike civilian infrastructure and cities. The Departments of State and the Treasury are designating ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 15 November, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Iran, Russia, Sanctions, ukraine
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OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON Since Russia launched its unjustified and unprovoked all-out war against Ukraine in February 2022, the United States has worked with Allies and partners around the world to impose an unprecedented range of sanctions and export controls on Russia for its brutal aggression. Moreover, we will continue to impose costs on the Kremlin for ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 20 October, 2022 | Topics: Fact Sheets, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Sanctions, ukraine
PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE In coordination with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of the Treasury designated Russian procurement agent Yury Yuryevich Orekhov (Orekhov) and his companies Nord-Deutsche Industrieanlagenbau GmbH (NDA GmbH) and Opus Energy Trading LLC (Opus Energy Trading) pursuant to Executive Order 14024. Orekhov, via NDA GmbH, is responsible for procuring U.S.-origin technologies for ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 19 October, 2022 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Sanctions, Secretary of State
PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE The United States is taking further action to disrupt efforts to evade sanctions on the sale of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products. Specifically, the Department of State is imposing sanctions on two People’s Republic of China (PRC)-based entities: Zhonggu Storage and Transportation Co. Ltd., which operates a ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 29 September, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Iran, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, The Secretary of State
The United States condemns the tragic and brutal death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in the custody of the Iranian Morality Police after being detained for purportedly wearing a hijab too loosely. We mourn with her loved ones and with the Iranian people. In response to this and other human rights ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 September, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Human Rights, Human Rights and Democracy, Iran, Sanctions
PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE The United States continues to hold the Russian government to account for its war against Ukraine. Today, we are taking actions against major Russian defense entities, key advanced-technology firms that support Russia’s defense industrial base, and financial infrastructure. We are also taking actions against a Russian military ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 15 September, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington, Ukraine Crisis | Tags: Russia, Sanctions, ukraine
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OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON The Department of State is taking additional actions to impose cost on Russia for its heinous aggression against Ukraine. Today’s actions also further align with those taken by our allies and partners. RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MAXIM STANISLAVOVICH ORESHKIN is being designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 Section 1(a)(iii)(A) because he is a leader, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 15 September, 2022 | Topics: Fact Sheets, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Sanctions, ukraine
This article is part of a series describing major players in the Russian government’s
disinformation campaigns. You also can learn about broadcaster
Vladimir Solovyov and
Dimitri Peskov , spokesman for Vladimir Putin. To succeed in Russia’s state media environment, individuals need to promote the Kremlin line. Margarita Simonyan learned that lesson at a young age. As a reporter covering the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 31 August, 2022 | Topics: News | Tags: Russia, Sanctions, ukraine
Business withdrawals and sanctions imposed in response to President Vladimir Putin’s unjust war in Ukraine are profoundly weakening Russia’s economy, despite Putin’s claims and the Kremlin’s economic statistics stating otherwise.
More than 30 countries have imposed sanctions against Russia, cutting energy imports, blocking financial transactions and halting shipments of key imports, such as semiconductors and other electronics. As a result, over 1,000 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 16 August, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: economic security, Russia, Sanctions, Trade, ukraine
Office of the SpokespersonThe United States is committed to working alongside our allies and partners to further impose severe consequences on President Putin and his enablers for Russia’s unconscionable war against Ukraine.VISA RESTRICTIONSThe Department of State is announcing a series of actions to promote accountability for actions by Russian Federation officials and others that implicate ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 August, 2022 | Topics: News | Tags: Russia, Sanctions, ukraine
PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE The Russian Federation has demonstrated determination in its attempts to undermine the democratic processes and institutions essential to the functioning of our democracy and that of other countries. It is crucial for our democracy, and democracies around the globe, to hold free and fair elections without malign ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 29 July, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Sanctions, The Secretary of State, ukraine
PRESS STATEMENT NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON We welcome the announcement by the EU making clear how its member states will implement economic sanctions on Russia with respect to Kaliningrad. We appreciate the unprecedented economic measures that our Allies and partners, including Lithuania, have joined us in taking against Russia for its unprovoked war against Ukraine. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 13 July, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Sanctions
Russia’s attack on Ukraine jeopardizes the world’s food supply. Vladimir Putin’s war of choice is hindering Ukraine’s harvests, which typically feed millions. Russian military forces have bombed fields, damaged grain silos, attacked merchant ships in the Black Sea, and destroyed the roads and railways that allow Ukraine to export its agricultural goods worldwide. And yet Putin blames U.S. and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 17 May, 2022 | Topics: News | Tags: agriculture, food, food security, international security, Russia, Sanctions, ukraine
This article is part of a series describing major players in the Russian government’s disinformation campaigns. You also can learn about broadcaster
Vladimir Solovyov .
Dimitri Peskov lives a life of luxury beyond his means as a civil servant. That’s because he has served Russian President Vladimir Putin as deputy chief of staff and spokesman since 2008, spreading
disinformation and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 May, 2022 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News | Tags: press freedom, Russia, Sanctions, ukraine
President Biden and G7 Leaders Meet with President Zelenskyy to Continue our Efforts to Support Ukraine and Build on our Unprecedented Sanctions and Export Controls Today, President Biden and G7 Leaders met with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine to reinforce our shared commitment to strengthen Ukraine’s position on the battlefield and at the negotiating table. Our ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 8 May, 2022 | Topics: Fact Sheets, History, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Sanctions, ukraine
Nations are sending a loud message in response to Russia’s February full-scale invasion of Ukraine: They’re ordering Russian officials to leave. An estimated 400 Russian diplomatic officials were
expelled from Europe since the invasion, according to Foreign Policy magazine. Among NATO members, at least 24 out of 30 member states asked Russian officials to leave. Casting out diplomats is just ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 May, 2022 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: nato, Russia, Sanctions, ukraine
PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE President Putin’s unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine, conducted with the complicity of the Lukashenka regime, continues to cause needless suffering and thousands of civilian casualties. The world has witnessed the horrors of this war in the images from the Ukrainian towns of Bucha, Irpin, and Hostomel, and in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 21 April, 2022 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Human Rights, Office of the Spokesperson, Russia, Sanctions, The Secretary of State, ukraine
United States sanctions over 400 Russian elites, Duma members, and defense companies in coordination with the European Union and G7; U.S. has now sanctioned over 600 targets G7 and EU announce sanctions evasion initiative to prevent circumvention and backfilling of our unprecedented sanctions; continue to blunt Central Bank of the Russian Federation’s ability to deploy ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 March, 2022 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, News from Washington, President of the United States | Tags: Russia, Sanctions
At first glance, News Front looks like a legitimate news website. It’s not. It’s a Crimea-based propaganda outlet with links to the Federal Security Service, a Russian intelligence agency. In its campaign to undermine Ukraine, democracy and free elections, the Kremlin creates websites like News Front that masquerade as independent news sites to spread
disinformation . ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 March, 2022 | Topics: News | Tags: Russia, Sanctions, ukraine
Countries worldwide are taking action to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from continuing his war in Ukraine. More than
30 countries have announced strong sanctions and export controls targeting Russia, presenting a united front against Russia’s aggression. The United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the European Commission are among ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 4 March, 2022 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: international cooperation, President Biden, Russia, Sanctions, ukraine, United Nations
NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON With Ukraine’s agreement, the United States and 44 other countries have invoked the OSCE Moscow Mechanism. This action will establish an expert mission to address our grave concerns regarding the humanitarian and human rights impacts on the people of Ukraine caused by Russia’s further invasion with the support of Belarus. We ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 3 March, 2022 | Topics: Key Documents, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Sanctions
Today, the United States, in coordination with Allies and partners, is imposing additional economic costs on Russia and Belarus in response to President Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. The United States will take actions to hold Belarus accountable for enabling Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, weaken the Russian defense sector and its military power for years ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 March, 2022 | Topics: Fact Sheets, Key Documents, News, News from Washington | Tags: Belarus, Russia, Sanctions
In Coordination with Allies and Partners, Treasury Actions Restrict Access to Billions in Central Bank Assets and Sovereign Wealth Fund Treasury Sanctions Russian Direct Investment Fund – A Symbol of Russian Kleptocracy United States and its Partners and Allies Continue to Hold the Government of the Russian Federation Accountable for its Premeditated and Unprovoked Invasion ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 28 February, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Sanctions
We, the leaders of the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States condemn Putin’s war of choice and attacks on the sovereign nation and people of Ukraine. We stand with the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian people in their heroic efforts to resist Russia’s invasion. Russia’s war represents an ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 26 February, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington, President of the United States | Tags: Russia, Sanctions
Russia to Face Massive Costs from its Isolation from the Global Financial and Trade System and Cutting-Edge Technology Today, the United States, along with Allies and partners, is imposing severe and immediate economic costs on Russia in response to Putin’s war of choice against Ukraine. Today’s actions include sweeping financial sanctions and stringent export controls ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 February, 2022 | Topics: Fact Sheets, Key Officials, News, News from Washington, President of the United States | Tags: Russia, Sanctions
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 21 February, 2022 | Topics: Key Documents, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Sanctions, The President of the United States of America, ukraine
State-controlled media in Russia routinely hide the truth, but they don’t hide their support for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s policies. Rather than inform the public and hold the government accountable, broadcasting outlets in Russia offer a pro-Kremlin version of the news. When foreign media coverage of Russian leaders or their policies is unfavorable, Russian state-media ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 21 January, 2022 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: press freedom, Russia, Sanctions, ukraine
By
Michael Laff The U.S. and NATO stand united in the face of global aggression, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a November 30–December 2 trip to Europe. “It’s critical to our security,” Blinken said about NATO during the alliance’s ministerial in Riga, Latvia. “It’s built on shared values. It’s a
powerful force for stability in Europe and North America.” ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 7 January, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: international cooperation, international security, nato, Russia, Sanctions, Secretary Blinken
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE We are determined to put human rights at the center of our foreign policy, and we reaffirm this commitment by using appropriate tools and authorities to draw attention to and promote accountability for human rights violations and abuses, no matter where they occur. The United States appreciates the coordinated ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 10 December, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: Human Rights, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions
By
Michael Laff The U.S. and NATO stand united in the face of global aggression, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a November 30–December 2 trip to Europe. “It’s critical to our security,” Blinken said about NATO during the alliance’s ministerial in Riga, Latvia. “It’s built on shared values. It’s a
powerful force for stability in Europe and North America.” ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 7 December, 2021 | Topics: Key Officials, News | Tags: nato, Russia, Sanctions, Secretary Blinken
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE On the one-year anniversary of Belarus’s fraudulent presidential election, the United States government has taken decisive action against forty-four individuals and entities in order to hold Alyaksandr Lukashenka and his regime to account for its continued, violent repression of Belarusians inside and outside the country. These steps are a further consequence ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 August, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Belarus, Sanctions
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE Today, we announced actions to hold the Russian Government to account for the SolarWinds intrusion, reports of bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, and attempts to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections. We have engaged Russian authorities to share our concerns about their actions and the steps we are ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 15 April, 2021 | Topics: Key Documents, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Sanctions, The Secretary of State
The United States and international partners are imposing sanctions against senior People’s Republic of China officials for serious human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang. On March 22, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the Global Magnitsky sanctions issued in concert with Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union against top officials with two ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 1 April, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: Sanctions, Secretary Blinken, Uyghurs
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE As the President has said, Nord Stream 2 is a bad deal — for Germany, for Ukraine, and for our Central and Eastern European allies and partners. The Department is tracking efforts to complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and is evaluating information regarding entities that appear to be ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 18 March, 2021 | Topics: Key Documents, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Germany, Sanctions, ukraine
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE The United States joins the European Union in condemning and responding to the Russian Federation’s use of a chemical weapon in the attempted assassination of Russian opposition figure Aleksey Navalny in August 2020 and his subsequent imprisonment in January 2021. We share the EU’s concerns regarding Russia’s deepening authoritarianism and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 March, 2021 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Navalny, Russia, Sanctions
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ACT SANCTIONS Today, the Secretary of State determined that the Government of the Russian Federation has used a chemical weapon against its own nationals, in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. As a result, the following sanctions will be imposed (full or partial waivers are noted below) after the 15-day Congressional ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 March, 2021 | Topics: News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Sanctions
By
Noelani Kirschner Since 2017, the U.S. has sanctioned people, businesses, and oil entities associated with the former Maduro regime, both inside and outside of Venezuela. Why are sanctions necessary and who actually feels their impact? U.S. sanctions are designed to ensure that Maduro and his cronies don’t profit from
illegal gold mining , state-operated oil operations, or other business ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 11 February, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News, News from Washington | Tags: corruption, Sanctions, venezuela
Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on the Russia-based entity KVT-RUS and identifying the vessel FORTUNA as blocked property. KVT-RUS is being sanctioned pursuant to Section 232 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) for knowingly selling, leasing, or providing to the Russian Federation goods, services, technology, information, or support for the construction of Russian ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 19 January, 2021 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Sanctions, The Secretary of State
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Iranian conventional arms proliferation poses a persistent threat to regional and international security, as evidenced by Iran’s continued military support and confirmed arms transfers that fuel ongoing conflict in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and elsewhere. On September 21, we announced the implementation of Executive Order 13949 that provides the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 15 January, 2021 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Iran, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, The Secretary of State
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on the Cuban Ministry of Interior (MININT) and Minister of Interior General Lazaro Alberto Álvarez Casas for their connection to serious human rights abuse under Executive Order 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. MININT is ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 15 January, 2021 | Topics: Economic Issues, Key Documents, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Cuba, Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, The Secretary of State
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE SECRETARY POMPEO: Good morning, everyone. Thank you, Wang Xiyue, for that very kind introduction and those remarkable words, words that were your own. We’re blessed to have you here today. Look, as a lot – as you said, a lot of people worked really hard to get you home. America never gives ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 13 January, 2021 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Iran, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, Terrorism
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on two organizations controlled by the Supreme Leader of Iran, the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (EIKO) and Astan Quds Razavi (AQR). While masquerading as charitable organizations, EIKO and AQR control large portions of the Iranian economy, including assets seized from political ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 13 January, 2021 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Iran, Sanctions
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on seven individuals and four entities that are part of a Russia-linked foreign influence network associated with Andrii Derkach, who was designated on September 10, 2020, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13848 for his attempt to influence the 2020 U.S. Presidential election. Derkach, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 11 January, 2021 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Sanctions, The Secretary of State
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE In December Iran’s parliament passed a law requiring expulsion of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear inspectors unless all sanctions are lifted. Today a member of the parliamentary leadership repeated that threat: all IAEA watchdog inspectors will be ejected unless sanctions are lifted. Once again the Iranian regime is ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 January, 2021 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Iran, Sanctions
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on 17 companies and one individual in connection with Iran’s metals industry. The Iranian regime uses revenue from its metals sector to fund the regime’s destabilizing activities around the world. The Department of State is designating China-based Kaifeng Pingmei New Carbon Materials ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 5 January, 2021 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, Iran, Sanctions
The United States is calling out “egregious violations” of religious freedom worldwide, as many regimes continue to criminalize expressions of religious faith. On December 7, U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo designated the governments of Iran, China, North Korea and a half dozen other nations as “countries of particular concern” for engaging in or ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 4 January, 2021 | Topics: Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: civil society, freedom of religion, Sanctions, Secretary Pompeo
By
Leigh Hartman The United States is imposing restrictions on Chinese entities and officials that help the People’s Republic of China surveil and persecute its people, steal trade secrets, and bully other nations in the South China Sea. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo on December 18 announced new measures against 60 companies or organizations that support ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 30 December, 2020 | Topics: Economic Issues, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: China, international security, Sanctions, Secretary Pompeo
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Today, the United States is taking action against individuals and entities involved in efforts to undermine Belarusian democracy. Specifically, the U.S. Departments of State and of Treasury have exercised their respective authorities against 40 individuals and four entities involved in electoral fraud and human rights abuses surrounding the fraudulent ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 23 December, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Belarus, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, The Secretary of State
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Five years ago last Friday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2254, firmly laying out the only path for an enduring resolution to the Syrian conflict. The United States and the vast majority of the international community remain committed to this dignified plan for ending the suffering of the Syrian people. The Assad regime, supported by its enablers and allies, however, refuses to end its needless, brutal war against the Syrian ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 December, 2020 | Topics: Key Documents, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, Syria, The Secretary of State
The United States has imposed sanctions on two senior Iranian intelligence officers involved in the kidnapping and detention of Robert Levinson, the longest-held hostage in U.S. history. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin on December 14 announced
sanctions against Mohammad Baseri and Ahmad Khazai , senior officials in Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, who were involved in Levinson’s abduction, detention and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 21 December, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Iran, Sanctions
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Petroleum and petrochemicals are major sources of revenue for the Iranian regime, revenue it employs to oppress the Iranian people and to advance its malign foreign agenda. Today, the Department of State is imposing sanctions on Vietnam Gas and Chemicals Transportation Corporation, a vessel manager, pursuant to Executive Order ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 16 December, 2020 | Topics: Economic Affairs, History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Iran, Office of the Spokesperson, Petroleum, Sanctions, The Secretary of State
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on the Republic of Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) pursuant to Section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) for knowingly engaging in a significant transaction with Rosoboronexport, Russia’s main arms export entity, by procuring the S-400 surface-to-air ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 14 December, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, The Secretary of State Turkey
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE The United States welcomes the European Union’s adoption of its global human rights sanctions framework. Today, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, we note that this groundbreaking accomplishment will further protect human rights worldwide. The EU’s new measures give its member states a powerful tool to promote ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 7 December, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: and Labor, Bureau of Democracy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Human Rights, Sanctions
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long sought to spread Marxist-Leninist ideology and exert its influence all over the world. The CCP’s United Front Work Department funds and supports overseas organizations to spread propaganda and coerces and bullies those who would oppose Beijing’s policies. The United Front frequently intimidates ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 4 December, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: China, Human Rights, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, Secretary of State
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE The United States condemns any Iranian regime involvement in a chemical weapons program and will sanction those involved in any such activity. Today, the United States designated Iranian defense entity Shahid Meisami Group and its director, Mehran Babri, under Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 3 December, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, Iran, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, The Secretary of State
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE On Wednesday, November 25, 2020, the United States sanctioned four entities located in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia for supporting Iran’s missile program, under the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA). We imposed sanctions against Chengdu Best New Materials Co., Ltd. and Zibo Elim ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 27 November, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, Iran, Nonproliferation, North Korea, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, Syria, The Secretary of State
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE On November 10, 2020 the Department of the Treasury designated an international network of six companies and four individuals for facilitating the procurement of sensitive goods, including U.S.-origin electronic components, for Iran Communications Industries (ICI). ICI is a sanctioned Iranian military firm and a subsidiary of Iran Electronics Industries, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 11 November, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: Iran, Sanctions
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE The international community has long recognized that the Iranian regime uses the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) to transport proliferation-sensitive items intended for Iran’s ballistic missile and military programs. A provision of UN Security Council Resolution 1929 mandates vigilance when doing business with IRISL and entities owned ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 19 October, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: China, Iran, Sanctions
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Today, the United States is identifying the Iranian financial sector as subject to the terms of Executive Order (E.O.) 13902 and sanctioning 18 major Iranian banks, further depriving the Islamic Republic of Iran of funds to carry out its support for terrorist activities and nuclear extortion that threatens the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 8 October, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: COVID-19, Global Health, Humanitarian Aid, Iran, Sanctions
The United States is imposing additional sanctions against Syrian business and military officials who enable the Bashar al-Assad regime’s brutal crimes, including killings in countless Syrian communities. U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo announced the new sanctions September 30, following the three-year anniversary of the killing of at least 34 Syrians in the town ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 6 October, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: corruption, Sanctions, Syria
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Three years ago yesterday, on September 29, 2017, Assad regime forces, backed by Russia, killed at least 34 Syrians in the town of Armanaz. Since then, thousands of Bashar al-Assad’s bombs have been dropped on schools, hospitals, and markets across Syria. Too many lives have been lost in Assad’s futile search for ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 30 September, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, Syria, The Secretary of State
“Our message is very, very simple: the United States will never allow the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism to freely buy and sell planes, tanks, missiles, and other kinds of conventional weapons. These UN sanctions will continue the arms embargo.” – Secretary Pompeo, August 20, 2020. “When we’ve seen any country violate our current sanctions, the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 21 September, 2020 | Topics: News | Tags: Iran, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, The Secretary of State
It was hoped that the Iran nuclear deal would “moderate” the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism, but that didn’t happen. Instead, in the two years and 10 months before President Trump pulled the United States from the agreement on May 8, 2018, Iran’s leaders used revenues from the deal to
increase the regime’s military spending and terrorist financing . “During this nuclear deal ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 21 September, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: international security, Iran, Sanctions, Terrorism
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE The Trump Administration has always understood that the greatest threat to peace in the Middle East comes from Islamic Republic of Iran, whose violent efforts to spread revolution have killed thousands and upended the lives of millions of innocent people. History shows appeasement only emboldens such regimes. Thus today, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 19 September, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News | Tags: Iran, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, The Secretary of State, United Nations
MS ORTAGUS: Thank you so much and good afternoon, everybody. I know we’re having this call right after we did the press conference with the Secretary and we have another briefing later today, so apologies that we’re piling all of you up today. We’re going to try to allow for as much time as possible for ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 16 September, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: and Labor, Arms Control, Bureau of Democracy, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, corruption, Democracy, Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, elections, Human Rights, Iran, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, Special Representative for Iran, Special Representative for Venezuela, venezuela
Construction firms owned by the People’s Republic of China are harming the environment and threatening the economies and sovereignty of nations worldwide. China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) is advancing the PRC’s military expansion into the South China Sea through large-scale dredging, construction and militarization of artificial islands and disputed outposts. Further, CCCC drives Beijing’s “One ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 10 September, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, News | Tags: China, development assistance, economic development, Sanctions, Secretary Pompeo
The United States has imposed sanctions on senior Iranian officials responsible for continuing the regime’s long-standing persecution of religious minorities. Iran’s constitution states that it protects the equal rights of “all people of Iran.” Yet since 1979 the regime has systematically harassed, arrested and executed members of religious minorities, the U.S. Commission on International Religious ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 September, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: freedom of religion, Iran, Sanctions
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Today, the Department of State imposed sanctions on five entities under section 3(a)(ii) of Executive Order (E.O.) 13846 for knowingly engaging in a significant transaction for the purchase, acquisition, sale, transport, or marketing of petroleum or petroleum products from Iran. The Department of State also imposed sanctions under section 5(a)(vii) of E.O. 13846 on three ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 3 September, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Iran, Office of the Spokesperson, Oil, Petroleum, Sanctions, Terrorism, The Secretary of State
Today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security are issuing an advisory on North Korea’s ballistic missile procurement activities. The advisory identifies key procurement entities and deceptive techniques used by North ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 1 September, 2020 | Topics: News | Tags: international security, North Korea, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions
The U.S. is taking action against the Iranian regime’s weapons programs to stop it from spreading violence across the Middle East and beyond. U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo recently announced new sanctions blocking trade with Iran in certain metals that support the regime’s weapons programs. The U.S. has also moved to extend the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 31 August, 2020 | Topics: News, News from Washington | Tags: international security, Iran, Sanctions, Terrorism, United Nations
The U.S. is restoring U.N. sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran to ensure the regime cannot buy and sell advanced weapons systems or build a nuclear bomb. U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo announced the move at the United Nations on August 20 and called for international support in addressing the Iranian regime’s ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 August, 2020 | Topics: News | Tags: Iran, Sanctions, Secretary Pompeo, United Nations
FACT SHEET
OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON “Today, I expanded the scope of Iran metals sanctions targeting Iran’s nuclear, military, and ballistic missile programs. Knowingly transferring any of these 22 metals to Iran is now sanctionable. Our pressure will continue until Iran behaves like a normal nation.” –Secretary Pompeo, Tweet, July 30, 2020 STATEMENT BY SECRETARY POMPEO ON THE EXPANSION ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 31 July, 2020 | Topics: News from Washington | Tags: Arms Control, Human Rights, Iran, Sanctions
PRESS STATEMENT
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Iran’s nuclear, ballistic missile, and military programs pose a grave threat to international peace and security. To address these threats, I am announcing a major expansion of the scope of State Department-administered Iran metals-related sanctions. Today, the State Department is identifying 22 specific materials used in connection with Iran’s nuclear, military, or ballistic ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 30 July, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News from Washington | Tags: Iran, Sanctions, Secretary Pompeo
PRESS STATEMENT
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE The United States welcomes today’s announcement from the European Union’s High Representative Josep Borrell regarding the body’s first designations under its cyber sanctions framework. The United States and the EU share a vision for an open, interoperable, reliable and secure cyberspace, and for responsible behavior on the international stage. Destructive, disruptive, or otherwise ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 30 July, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News from Washington | Tags: Europe, Sanctions
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Today, the State Department and Treasury Department continued the United States’ sanctions campaign against the Assad regime by releasing 14 new designations under the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act and other authorities. This campaign began last month with the first round of Caesar Act designations. We have named today’s tranche of designations the Hama and Maarat Al-Numan sanctions. These names are meant to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 29 July, 2020 | Topics: News from Washington | Tags: Human Rights, Sanctions, Syria
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Leigh Hartman – Jul 27, 2020 The U.S. has imposed sanctions against senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials responsible for “horrific and systematic abuses” against members of Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang.
The July 9 sanctions , issued by the U.S. departments of Treasury and State, target Chen Quanguo, the party’s secretary in Xinjiang, who oversees
internment camps where more than 1 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 27 July, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, News from Washington | Tags: China, freedom of religion, Sanctions, Secretary Pompeo, Uyghurs
Why the U.N. must extend the Iran arms embargo (July 15) The U.N. arms embargo against Iran should not be lifted. If the embargo expires in October, as currently scheduled, Iran’s regime could import tanks and fighter planes to threaten its neighbors. Without the restriction, Iran will become the arms dealer of choice for rogue ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 15 July, 2020 | Topics: News | Tags: Iran, Sanctions
The United States Designates Company Providing Services for Iranian Airline Mahan Air’s Operations in China (May 19) The People’s Republic of China is one of the rapidly dwindling number of countries that welcomes Mahan Air, which ferries weapons and terrorists around the world for the Islamic Republic of Iran. Such cooperation has consequences. Today, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 19 May, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: China, Iran, Sanctions, venezuela
United States Publishes a Global Maritime Advisory to Counter Sanctions Evasion by Iran, North Korea, and Syria (May 14) The U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the U.S. Coast Guard issued a global advisory to alert the maritime industry, and those active in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 14 May, 2020 | Topics: News, News from Washington | Tags: Iran, Maritime Matters, North Korea, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, Syria
Briefing With Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Nathan A. Sales On the United States Designation of the Russian Imperial Movement And its Leaders as Global Terrorists (April 6) MS ORTAGUS: Good morning, and thanks for joining this briefing. Today, the State Department has announced the designation of Russian Imperial Movement, or RIM, and members of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 6 April, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Bureau of Counterterrorism, Russia, Sanctions
The State Department Imposes Sanctions on Individual Responsible for the Violence in Northern Syria (March 17) PRESS STATEMENT
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Today, the United States is designating a senior Assad regime official who is responsible for the violence and the disastrous humanitarian crisis in northern Syria. The Department of State is imposing sanctions under Executive Order 13894 on ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 17 March, 2020 | Topics: Key Documents, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, Sanctions, Secretary Pompeo, Syria, The Secretary of State
New Sanctions under the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA) (February 25) PRESS STATEMENT
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE The United States is sanctioning 13 foreign entities and individuals in China, Iraq, Russia, and Turkey pursuant to the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA). This action includes new sanctions against five entities/individuals in China (Luo Dingwen, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 25 February, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, China, Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions, Iran, Nonproliferation, North Korea, Office of the Spokesperson, Russia, Sanctions, Syria, The Secretary of State, Turkey, Weapons
FACT SHEET: Actions in Response to Russian Malicious Cyber Activity and Harassment (December 29) Today, President Obama authorized a number of actions in response to the Russian government’s aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election in 2016. Russia’s cyber activities were intended to influence the election, erode faith ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 30 December, 2016 | Topics: News, News from Washington, Press Releases | Tags: Russia, Sanctions
