The US Treasury Department updated the sanctions lists - new Russian companies have been added to them, including the operator 'Megafon'. The department has also set a deadline for deals with 'Megafon' until July 11. 

'Megafon' stated that they consider the decision of the US Treasury Department to be unfair and illegal. "We are a commercial company that provides services of high social significance to millions of clients. We intend to challenge these restrictions in every way available to us", - 'Megafon' reported.

At the same time, the US Department of Commerce has added 10 Russian legal entities, as well as a number of companies from China, Armenia, Syria and Turkey to its blacklist. Among them is the group of companies 'Promelectronica', which is one of the largest suppliers of electronic components in Russia.

The US administration believes that Chinese companies Allparts Trading, Avtex Semiconductor Limited, ETC Electronics Ltd, Maxtronic International and STK Electronics, as well as Russian 'ETS Electronics' and LLC 'West-East' "tried to circumvent US export control" and purchase American products for the Russian defense industry. And some companies from Spain, Syria, UAE and Malta "contributed to the sending of Iranian drones, specialists and corresponding equipment from Iran to Russia, which ultimately contributed to the strengthening of the Russian military and defense industrial base".