Russia announced a retaliatory ban on 31 European and American energy companies.

　　China news agency, Moscow, May 11 (Reporter Tian Bing) On the 11th, the Russian federal government approved the list of legal entities that imposed retaliatory sanctions on 31 European and American energy enterprises. The list of government orders and sanctions signed by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Mishustin was published on the official website of Russian legal information on the same day.

　　According to the document, according to the decree signed by the Russian President on May 3, the Russian government has determined and approved the list of relevant foreign legal entities involved in the implementation of special economic measures. The list includes European countries such as Germany, Britain, France, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland, as well as 31 companies supplying and selling Russian natural gas in the United States and Singapore. Former European subsidiaries of Gazprom, brokers and operators of underground gas storage facilities are also on the sanctions list, and Gazprom withdrew from the business of the aforementioned companies in April.

　　The document stipulates that Russia is prohibited from trading with listed enterprises, including transactions in which these enterprises are beneficiaries; Payments and securities transactions conducted by these enterprises as participants or beneficiaries; According to the authorization of these enterprises or for their benefit, the transactions of entering Russian ports under their names or renting ships, etc.

　　On May 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to take retaliatory special economic measures against "unfriendly acts" of some countries and international organizations, prohibiting Russian government agencies at all levels, as well as all institutions, legal persons and natural persons subject to the laws of the Russian Federation from performing contracts, obligations or financial transactions with foreign legal persons and individuals involved in Russian measures. The decree also requires the Russian government to determine the list of countries, organizations and individuals involved in the measures within 10 days. (End)