Kommersant: Russia will hide competitive purchases of 126 companies due to sanctions

The Government of the Russian Federation proposed to make competitive purchases of some companies anonymous in connection with the possible expansion of US anti -Russian sanctions. The preliminary list included 126 organizations, the newspaper Kommersant writes with reference to the draft application to the government directives of the state -owned regulatory authorities.

Almost all large defense enterprises, more than ten private banks (Russia ", Mosoblbank, KB Rublev, Tempbank, as well as the Crimean VVB, Genbank, RNKB, Sevastopol Marine Bank), government agencies and large state -owned companies, including Gazprom, Rosneft, Alrosa, Rosseti, and Rosseeti, Rostericom,, Rosniem,, and Rostekom,, and Rosniem, were included in the list. Aeroflot. The list also has suppliers of the Crimean bridge-the company "Hephaestus-M", Dolgoprudnenskoye NGOs, Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant and already under the sanctions of FSU "Glavgosexpertiza", which participated in the approval of the projects of the Crimean bridge.

According to the government’s proposal, the purchases of the mentioned organizations after December 15 can be transferred from open sites to a closed system of procurement for defense orders (Sberbank site). The newspaper indicates that for the functioning of the list it is necessary for the State Duma to adopt a government bill anonymizing operations and reporting of companies that may fall under the expansion of US sanctions. What Russian organizations will apply to US sanctions, Washington will announce in February 2018.

On December 7, The Bell sources said that the American Ministry of Finance may impose sanctions against Russian businessmen who receive state support in the amount of at least $ 300 million. They consider state support as one of the criteria for getting into the sanctions list, as it is easy to track by open sources.

At the end of November, Reuters , citing sources, reported that businessmen in Russia began to distance themselves from Russian President Vladimir Putin, fearing to fall under US sanctions due to such a “toxic asset”. “People are strained. The situation is suspended. They recognize you close to Putin - go prove what is wrong. It is difficult to sue for his assets against the United States, ”one of the agency’s interlocutors in a large Russian company explained.