According to the message of the Ministry of Finance of the USA, all these people and organizations assisted the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex in circumventing the sanctions introduced in connection with the invasion of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Finance of the USA named the Cypriot-Russian businessman

Igor Zimiankov

and his son

Jonathan

as the main figure from the new sanctions list .

It is said that the so-called "Zimiankov network" participated in strengthening Russia's military capabilities, supplying Russian companies with high-tech equipment already after February 24 of last year.

Among other things, it is said that Ihar Zimiankov facilitated the sale of Belarusian military equipment to Latin American countries by cooperating with the state enterprise "Belspetsvneshtehnika" in violation of US sanctions.

Also on the list is the Texel FCG Technology 2100 Limited company, whose head,

Marks Blatts,

according to the US Treasury Department, is part of Zimiankov's network, as well as a business partner of

Viktar Lukashenka's

former assistant ,

Alexander Zaitsev

.

It is said that Texel supplied electro-optical devices to Russia already after the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2002.