Kashirskoe Shosse, 3, korp. 2, str. 9, Sirius Park, Moscow, 115230, Russia

Chimmed Group is the leading group of Russian companies that supplies Russian customers with a wide range of chemicals and lab equipment. Chimmed Group maintains an extensive network of members and affiliates to procure U.S.- and Western-origin equipment and consumables for Russian entities connected to the country’s biological and chemical weapons programs, including the Federal State Budgetary Establishment 33 Central Scientific Research Test (33rd TSNII), Federal State Budgetary Establishment 27 Scientific Center (27th Scientific Center), and Federal State Budgetary Institution 48 Central Scientific and Research Institute (48th TSNII). Chimmed Group also supplies materials—including raw materials that can be used for the production of chemical and biological weapons—to special laboratories that are a part of the Federal Security Service (FSB) that were implicated in the poisoning of Alexey Navalny. Russia-based Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostyu Torgovy Dom Khimmed (TD Khimmed) and Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostyu Analiticheskaya Manufaktura (Analiticheskaya Manufaktura) are affiliates of the Chimmed Group. Analiticheskaya Manufaktura attempted to provide equipment to the 48th TSNII. Russia-based companies Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostyu Rusmedtorg (Rusmedtorg) and Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostyu Medstandart (Medstandart) have been closely associated with the Chimmed Group and share a delivery address. Individuals associated with the Chimmed Group purchased biological goods via Medstandart and chemicals via Rusmedtorg. Medstandart has supplied U.S. origin reagents to the Chimmed Group and attempted to provide laboratory goods to the 33rd TSNII. Russia-based Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostyu Elyuentlaboratoriz (Elyuentlaboratoriz) procured U.S.- and Western-origin equipment and consumables for the 27th Scientific Center and 48th TSNII. Türkiye-based Biopharmist Medikal Urunler Dis Ticaret LTD STI (Biopharmist) exported laboratory items to affiliates of the Chimmed Group, including Elyuentlaboratoriz, Rusmedtorg, and Medstandart. Chimmed Group, TD Khimmed, Analiticheskaya Manufaktura, Rusmedtorg, Medstandart, Elyuentlaboratoriz, and Biopharmist were designated pursuant to E.O. 14024 for operating or having operated in the defense and related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2404

2024-06-12

US

Executive Order 14024 of April 15, 2021 Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation

OFAC country specific

Russia

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1127 • https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1029

In response to the Russian Federation’s continued use of its military-industrial base to support its aggression against Ukraine, the President has issued an Executive Order (E.O.) amending E.O. 14024 that provides the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) with new authorities to target foreign financial institutions for engaging in certain transactions. Foreign financial institutions that conduct or facilitate significant transactions or provide any service involving Russia’s military-industrial base run the risk of being sanctioned by OFAC. The United States and partners have put in place a sanctions and export controls regime that has severely restricted Russia’s ability to import many of the items that directly support its brutal and unjustified war against Ukraine. As a result, Russia is increasingly using third countries to evade sanctions and continue its procurement of certain critical items. The United States and partners have published multiple advisories, including detailed red flags, to warn the private sector about Russian sanctions evasion in support of its war machine and to support compliance efforts. OFAC’s new targeting authorities, which are aimed at foreign financial institutions that provide services to, or engage in significant transactions relating to, Russia’s military-industrial base, come as a natural evolution of OFAC’s work to counter evasion and hold accountable those perpetuating Russia’s war against Ukraine, including financial facilitators. OFAC is issuing this advisory to provide guidance to foreign financial institutions on the amendments to E.O. 14024, including practical guidance on how to identify sanctions risks and implement corresponding controls. For additional guidance on this E.O., please see FAQs 1146–1157.

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