US imposes sanctions on family members of Suleiman Kerimov

WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (PRIME) -- The U.S. has introduced sanctions against 14 more individuals and 28 entities, including family members of Russian tycoon and Federation Senator Suleiman Kerimov, as seen by PRIME in the Department of the Treasury’s documents released on Monday.

“The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), alongside the U.S. Department of State, sanctioned a transnational network procuring technology that supports the Russian military-industrial complex… In total, today’s actions designated 14 individuals and 28 entities, and identified eight aircraft as blocked property,” the authority said.

The list includes Kerimov’s wife Firuza and his children Said, Amina, and Gulnara.

Kerimov himself has been under the U.S. sanctions since 2018.

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