US sanctions Russian Sberbank, Gazprombank executives

FILE PHOTO: Plastic letters arranged to read "Sanctions" are placed in front the flag colors of U.S. and Russia in this illustration taken February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

The US on Sunday announced sanctions on executives of Russia’s largest bank of Sberbank and Gazprombank, subsidiary of state-owned energy company Gazprom, amid Moscow’s war on Ukraine.

The sanctions targeted eight current and recent board members of Sberbank and 27 board members of Gazprombank, the US Treasury Department said in a statement.

State-owned Moscow Industrial Bank and 10 of its subsidiaries were added to the sanctions list as well.

The US package also included sanctions on three state-owned Russian TV stations: One Russia, Television Station Russia-1 and NTV Broadcasting Company.

Promtekhnologiya, a state-supported defense entity, was sanctioned, too.

“Treasury is also taking action to cut off Russia’s access to certain key services from US companies, which Russian Federation companies and Russian elites use to build wealth, generating revenue for Putin’s war machine, and evade sanctions,” the department said in a statement.

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