120 Hours Before President Erdogan Arrives To New York For The UNGA- And Meeting With President Biden… OFAC Sanctions Turkiye-Based Companies For Their Russia Connectivity
United States Department of State
Washington DC
14 September 2023
“Office of the Spokesperson: Today the Department of State is designating individuals and entities to impose further costs in response to Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine. All targets are being designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, which authorizes sanctions with respect to specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation.”
https://www.state.gov/imposing-further-sanctions-in-response-to-russias-illegal-war-against-ukraine/
TURKIYE-BASED COMPANIES PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT AND SUPPORTING RUSSIAN SANCTIONS EVASION
The Department is designating two Turkiye-based entities pursuant to section 1(a)(vi)(B) for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024. Services included the provision of dry dock, ship repair, and ship agency services to vessels that have been blocked as property of entities operating or having operated in the defense and related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy. As part of this action, the Department is also designating one Turkish national pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C).
Pursuant to section 1(a)(vi)(B), the following entity is being designated for being an entity that has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, JOINT STOCK COMPANY NORTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY (JSC NORTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY), an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024:
DENKAR SHIP CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED COMPANY is a Turkiye-based ship repair company that has materially assisted JSC NORTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY by providing ship repair services to three of its blocked vessels: INZHENER TRUBIN, INZHENER VESHNYAKOV, and KAPTAN KOKOVIN. JSC NORTHERN SHIPPING COMPANY is a Russian Ministry of Defense-affiliated company that was previously designated pursuant to E.O. 14024 for operating or having operated in the defense and related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(vi)(B), the following entity is being designated for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, NORD PROJECT LLC TRANSPORT COMPANY, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024:
ID SHIP AGENCY TRADE LIMITED COMPANY (ID SHIPPING) is a Turkiye-based shipyard agency that has materially assisted NORD PROJECT LLC TRANSPORT COMPANY by arranging ship repair services for one of its blocked vessels, ENISEY. NORD PROJECT LLC TRANSPORT COMPANY was previously designated pursuant to E.O. 14024 for operating or having operated in the defense and related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C), the following individual is being designated for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of ID SHIPPING:
ILKER DOGRUYOL, a Turkish national, is the founder, director, and owner of ID SHIPPING.
Additionally, the Department is designating four entities, including one Turkiye-based company, involved in the procurement of Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)-identified high priority electronic components of U.S.- and European-origin for end-users based in Russia.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i), the following entity is being designated for operating or having operated in the transportation sector the Russian Federation economy:
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LOGISTIC INTERNATIONAL SERVIS (LIS LLC) is a Russian customs and logistics company that procures Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)-identified high priority electronic components of U.S.- and European-origin from CTL LIMITED, an intermediary company based in Turkiye.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(vi)(B), the following entity is being designated for being an entity that has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, LIS LLC, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024:
CTL DIS TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI (CTL LIMITED) is a Turkiye-based intermediary that ships BIS-identified high priority electronic components of U.S.- and European-origin to affiliate companies located in Russia.
Pursuant to section 1(a)(i), the following two entities are being designated for operating or having operated in the transportation sector the Russian Federation economy:
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY SKAY17 is a Russian customs and logistics company involved in the CTL LIMITED procurement network.
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LIS GRUPP is a Russian customs and logistics company involved in the CTL LIMITED procurement network.