OREANDA-NEWS  The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department has expanded the sanctions list (SDN-list). This is reported on the website of this department.

According to him, the sanctions regime now applies to the limited liability company "Vector Trading House", as well as to the Chinese companies Redelepus Vector Industry Shenzhen Co., LTD and Xiamen Limbach Aircraft Engine Co., LTD. In addition, the SDN list includes several companies registered in the UAE and the Marshall Islands.

Russian citizen Artyom Mikhailovich Yamshchikov and Ukrainian citizen Yevgeny Scriabin were also sanctioned.

As for tankers, the following vessels are now under sanctions: GRATIA, JUVENIS, KAPOK, KUKKI, LIANA, MARBEL, ONYX and TROPHY. These are tankers designed to transport chemicals, oil and petroleum products.

Earlier, sanctions were imposed against the Cryptex organization, which is also known as International payment service provider LLC. In early September, two Indian companies and their ships were placed under restrictions for their alleged connection with the Russian Arctic LNG-2 project.