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The State Department announced the imposition of sanctions on the Republic of Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries (“SSB”), and four related Turkish individuals under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (“CAATSA”) for engaging in a significant transaction with a designated party in the Russian defense sector for the procurement of the S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia. The sanctions prohibit the issuance of all U.S. export licenses and authorizations and certain loans to SSB, while designating four corporate officers of SSB as Specially Designated Nationals (“SDNs”) and imposing full blocking sanctions and visa restrictions on them.
The US authorities, at part of the Countering America s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), imposed sanctions on the Turkish Defense Industry Administration, its chief Ismail Demir and three other citizens of the Turkish republic - Faruk Yigit, Mustafa Alper Deniz and Serhat Genchoglu. Yigit serves as deputy chairman of the department, while the other two officials chair specialized departments related to air defense.
Earlier,
Reuters reported that Washington was going to blacklist Demir and the department that he chairs in connection with Turkey s decision to purchase S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems from Russia. The above-mentioned sanctions have been imposed on five counts stipulated by the CAATSA.
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ANKARA (Turkey), December 15 (SeeNews) - The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Turkey s defense procurement agency Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) and its senior officials, including its president Ismail Demir, for acquiring S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia s Rosoboronexport, the U.S. State department said. The United States made clear to Turkey at the highest levels and on numerous occasions that its purchase of the S-400 system would endanger the security of U.S. military technology and personnel and provide substantial funds to Russia’s defense sector, as well as Russian access to the Turkish armed forces and defense industry. Turkey nevertheless decided to move ahead with the procurement and testing of the S-400, despite the availability of alternative, NATO-interoperable systems to meet its defense requirements, the U.S. State Department sa