20 Jun 2017 18:39

Companies belonging to Prigozhin, Zaldostanov included on U.S. blacklist

(technical repeat)

MOSCOW. June 20 (Interfax) - The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which is responsible for the enforcement of sanctions, has included several companies and individuals on the "Ukraine" sanctions list.

Companies included on the blacklist include those owned by restaurateur Yevgeny Prigozhin; Concord Catering and Concord Management and Consulting, and OFAC statement said. Prigozhin has personally been on the list since December of last year. Bike V. Center, belonging to the leader of the Night Wolves biker club Alexander Zaldostanov was also put on the list under the same principle.

The Specially Designated Nationals List, onto which these companies follow their owners, has the toughest restrictions: any transaction by a U.S. resident with a person on the blacklist is forbidden.