The US Treasury imposed sanctions against two Russians, three companies and six Russian vessels

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against two Russians, three companies and six ships due to connections with cybercrimes and cooperation with North Korea, according to the Treasury website.

In particular, two Russians and one company were included in the CYBER2 list. Its defendants, according to American authorities, are involved in cyber attacks on the United States. The list was published in 2016.

Thus, this list included Anton Nagibin, a native of Leningrad, born in 1985, Marina Tsareva, a native of Krasnoyarsk, born in 1973, as well as the St. Petersburg company Vela-Marin, which supplies professional diving equipment and equipment and is associated with the Divetechnoservice company "

In addition, the Ministry of Finance included two companies and six Russian sea vessels on the DPRK4 list, which is included due to cooperation with North Korea. In particular, it included the coastal companies Primorye Maritime Logistics and Gudzon Shipping, as well as the vessels Bella, Bogatyr, Neptun, Partizan, Patriot and Sevastopol.

In June, the Ministry of Finance imposed sanctions against Divetechnoservice, justifying its decision with concerns that this company is connected with the FSB’s research into underwater communication cables.