The United States joined the Russian oil sanctions list

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The Office of Foreign Assets Control under the Ministry of the Treasury (Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC) announced the entry into force of new sanctions against Russian companies. The corresponding document was published on the website OFAC. The sanctions list for the first time were "Gazprom", "Lukoil", "Transneft", "Gazprom oil" and "Surgutneftegaz".

Sectoral restrictive measures prohibit the supply of Russian oil and gas products and technologies used for the development of hydrocarbon fields in deep water and the Arctic shelf, and in shale formations.



June 29 reported that Canada imposed economic sanctions on three more Russian citizens and 14 entities. The sanctions were imposed against the leaders of the Eurasian Youth Union Alexander Dugin, Paul Kanisheva and Andrei Kovalenko. Under the restrictions were a corporation, working in the oil and gas industry ("Gazprom", "Gazprom Neft", "Surgutneftegaz" and "Transneft"), a number of other companies, including the "Oboronprom" United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and "Stankoinstrument" and biker club "Night Wolves".

EU, US and Canada began to impose sanctions against Russia in the spring of 2014 in connection with the situation in Ukraine. Restrictive measures against Russia were extended European Union 22 June 2015. The Russian Foreign Ministry called the extension of sanctions especially cynical and Russophobic step. "I am deeply disappointed that once again the EU, the prevailing view Russophobic lobby, which dragged the illegal decision to extend the restriction" - the ministry noted.

In August 2014, Russia imposed retaliatory sanctions, which have spread to agro-industrial products from the US, EU member states, Canada, Australia and Norway. Russian kontrsanktsii were extended for a year to 24 June 2015.

But there is good news - because borax is no longer sold to Gazprom - new deposits have no longer to drill and dig and require men and women with shovels, a lot of men and women with shovels - unemployment will go down. Previously, as mined diamonds, and now the oil will be!