The government will create a special structure to help sanctioned companies

In the near future, a special structure will appear under one of the Russian departments, which will support companies that have fallen under US sanctions. This was reported by TASS with reference to the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov.

“(The structure) will coordinate the actions of all departments in the government and interact with the enterprises that have fallen under the sanctions,” the minister said.

According to him, the government has yet to determine under which ministry this structure will be created. However, the people who will work there will prepare proposals for the government.

Recall that the US Treasury imposed sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs, 17 government officials and 14 legal entities. Most of them were already on the “Kremlin list,” which the Trump administration included people “close” to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin explained that the sanctions were imposed due to "a range of malicious activities", including cyber attacks, Russia's attempts to "undermine Western democracies", its support for the regime of the Syrian government, actions in Ukraine.