The United States introduces sanctions against seven Russian businessmen, twelve companies under their control and 17 officials, a senior government official told reporters on Friday.

Axar.az reports citing TASS.

The US Treasury Department blacklisted businessmen Oleg Deripaska, Vladimir Bogdanov, Suleiman Kerimov, Igor Rotenberg, Kirill Shamalov, Andrei Skoch and Viktor Vekselberg. Restrictions were imposed on Agroholding Kuban, Basic Element Limited, B-Finance, En+ Group, GAZ Group, Gazprom Burenie, Eurosibenergo, Ladoga Management, NPV Engineering, Renova Group, Rosoboronexport, Russian Financial Corporation, Russian Machines, and Rusal.

The US authorities have also put on the sanction list a number of Russian officials, including Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushe