US imposes further sanctions on Russian chemistry institute
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Rebecca Trager2022-04-06T08:30:00
Russia’s government-funded institute targeted again by US Treasury for its links to a cyber-attack on a Middle East petrochemical refinery
A Russian chemistry institute has been targeted for further sanctions by the US government, as part of a larger attempt to make it harder for the country to continue its invasion of Ukraine. The Treasury Department announced on 31 March that it is going after Russian tech companies, including the Russian government-funded Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (CNIIHM), with the aim of restricting the country’s access to resources essential to carrying out and financing its war.