Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned 275 individuals and entities involved in supplying Russia with advanced technology and equipment that it desperately needs to support its war machine. Today’s action targets both individual actors and sprawling sanctions evasion networks across 17 jurisdictions, including Uzbekistan.
Russia-based Limited Liability Company Tekhnologiya Razvitiya Otkrytykh Sistem (TROS) manufactures metalworking equipment and wholesales machine tools. Russian national Sergei Petrovich Ushko (Sergei Ushko) is the director of TROS. Sergei Ushko’s son, Russian national Aleksandr Sergeyevich Ushko (Aleksandr Ushko), works at a European machine tool company and helps his father procure machine tools for Russia-based end-users. Sergei Ushko and Aleksandr Ushko coordinate with their affiliates, Russian nationals Igor Vladimirovich Khomenko (Igor Khomenko) and Tatyana Valentinovna Khomenko (Tatyana Khomenko), to leverage several Central Asia-based intermediaries to transship advanced machine tools to Russia. Uzbekistan-based OOO Uzstanex (Uzstanex) and Kazakhstan-based Kazstanex operate as nominal recipients of the shipments of machine tools from Europe, before shipping them to PRC-based Shanghai Winsun Imp and Exp Co Ltd (Shanghai Winsun) to reach Russia.
TROS, Sergei Ushko, Aleksandr Ushko, Igor Khomenko, Tatyana Khomenko, Uzstanex, Kazstanex, and Shanghai Winsun are being designated pursuant to E.O. 14024 for operating or having operated in the manufacturing sector of the Russian Federation economy.
