U.S. sanctions hit unlikely victims

America’s CAATSA* legislation applies sanctions on 39 entities in Russia’s defence and intelligence sectors, and secondary sanctions on countries engaging in business with them

*Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act


India: Washington is pressing New Delhi to cancel $4.5 billion deal with Russia for five S-400
missile systems. Indian armed forces are 70 percent equipped with Soviet or Russian weapons

China: Among biggest purchasers of Russian arms, and partner in major energy projects such as
$9.7bn Gazprom-built Power of Siberia gas pipeline

Indonesia: Has defied pressure from Washington, signing $1.1bn order for 11 Russian-made Su-35s

Turkey: NATO member signed $2.5 billion agreement in December to buy S-400 air defence systems.
Russia’s Rosatom is building $20bn nuclear power station at Akkuyu in Mersin Province

Vietnam: Nearly all its military equipment is supplied by Russia. Washington wants to see Hanoi
distance itself from Russia and buy U.S. weapons

EU: France’s Engie, Austria’s OMV, UK-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell and Germany’s Uniper and Wintershall
could all suffer penalties because of their part in Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline


Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile system
Sukhoi Su-35 “Flanker-E”


Sources: Bloomberg, Eurasia Review, Reuters, Stratfor, Times of India
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