WASHINGTON, Jul 16 (PRIME) -- The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) blacklisted late on Wednesday several individuals and companies connected with Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The list comprises of Igor Lavrenkov, Andrei Mandel, Mikhail Potepkin, and companies M Invest, Meroe Gold Co. Ltd, Shen Yang Jing Cheng Machinery Imp&Exp. Cо., Limited, Shine Dragon Group Limited and Zhe Jiang Jiayi Small Commodities Trade Company Limited.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the U.S. was updating public guidance to add Russia's Nord Stream-2 pipeline and the second line of the TurkStream-2 sanctions under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA)
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