US issues sanctions over alleged sanctions evasion scheme tied to Russian oligarch Deripaska
WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The United States has issued sanctions on four Russian targets that it said were involved in an attempted sanctions evasion scheme connected to Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska, the U.S. State Department said in a statement on Tuesday.
The sanctions target one Russian individual, Dmitrii Beloglazov, and three Russia-based companies — Rasperia Trading Ltd, Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostiu Titul and Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo Iliadis — according to a separate notice posted on the U.S. Treasury Department website. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Susan Heavey)