EU Sanctions 5 Russian Defense Executives, Targeting Roscosmos Unit Head Over Ukraine War
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Updated · SpaceNews · Aug 17
EU Sanctions 5 Russian Defense Executives, Targeting Roscosmos Unit Head Over Ukraine War
1 articles · Updated · SpaceNews · Aug 17
Summary
Aug. 7 sanctions added five Russian defense executives to the EU blacklist, including Viktor Ivanov, who runs Roscosmos subsidiary NII TP, developer of the Kasatka-R radar satellite system for Russia’s military.
The EU said space technology is increasingly central to its sanctions policy because satellites support reconnaissance, targeting and communications used in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Ivanov now faces an EU asset freeze, a travel ban and a prohibition on receiving funds or economic resources from EU persons or entities.
NII TP had already been sanctioned on June 15, following U.S. Treasury measures in July 2023, showing the EU is widening pressure from military-space companies to the executives running them.
The Aug. 7 package also hit Sergey Bashkov of navigation-receiver maker Irz-Svyaz and Aleksandr Dyukarev of the plant that makes RS-28 Sarmat missiles and rocket modules.