WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday (May 19) announced sanctions on more than 300 targets as
, aiming to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and intensifying one of the harshest sanctions efforts ever implemented.
The ministry also said Russia had refused the latest US request for consular access to detained reporter Evan Gershkovich, who faces spying charges. An investigation by Reuters and iStories, a Russian media outlet, in collaboration with the Royal United Services Institute, a defence think tank in London, last year uncovered a logistical trail that spans the globe and ends at the Orlan's production line, the Special Technology Centre in St Petersburg, Russia.
Among the targets on Friday were Russian intelligence services procurement networks and agents, including in Liechtenstein and the Netherlands. The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation was also hit with sanctions.
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