Reuters Washington, March 2 -The United States announced on Wednesday that it has implemented new export restrictions on the Russian refining industry, and has imposed new comprehensive export restrictions on Belarus.
The new round of sanctions announced by the White House forbidden to export specific refining technology to Russia, making Russia's modernization of refineries more difficult and expensive.
The White House also announced a series of comprehensive export restrictions on the implementation of Belarus's implementation of Russia last month, saying that these measures will help prevent projects in the fields of national defense, aerospace and maritime events transfer to Russia through Belarus.
The White House said: The United States will take action to investigate Belarus's responsibility for helping Putin's invasion of Ukraine. In the next few years, it will weaken the Russian defense department and its military forces, aiming at Russia's most important source of wealth, and prohibiting Russian airlines from entering the United States.
The European Union also approved a new sanctions on Belarus on Wednesday, which actually imposed a ban on about 70%of goods imported from the country.
The Ministry of Commerce, responsible for supervising the US export control, also said that it will expand the blacklist of trade with entities connected with the military and the Ministry of Defense of Russia and Belarus, making it more difficult for these entities to obtain American technology.
The White House said that the US State Department will also impose sanctions on 22 Russian defense -related entities, including companies that manufacture fighters and missiles for the Russian military to further limit Putin's war machine.
At present, it is impossible to obtain details about these measures and sanctions goals.
In addition to some measures for the Russian Natural Gas Industry Co., Ltd. (Russia/Gazprom), the Bayeon government has greatly restrained the sanctions on the Russian energy industry, and worry that such measures may promote the higher energy prices that have already risen further.Essence
Reducing global energy supply does not meet the strategic interests of the United States and allies and partners -this is why we have not gradually declined as the leader of Russia as the leading energy supply country in financial sanctions, but in the future, it is in line with us.Common interest with allies and partners.
Bharat Ramamurti, deputy director of the White House Economic Commission, said on Wednesday that the US government does not want to target the target to the Russian energy industry, at least at present, because this may harm the interests of American consumers and lead to rising global prices, thereby weakening the impact on Russia.
RAMAMURTI told MSNBC that nothing is impossible for Actions against Russian oil and natural gas, but the White House does not want to make a possible counter -action.(End)
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