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MOSCOW: Russia has accused the US of illegally imposing sanctions on some Russian military firms which Washington says were co-operating with Iran and Syria.
"This is not the first time by far the US resorts to illegal attempts to spread its internal legislation on foreign companies and force them to abide by the US rules," Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
The Federal Register, a record of US policy actions, published a State Department notice on Friday listing 24 businesses - including four in Russia and others in China, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Mexico, North Korea, Sudan and Syria - that it said engaged in actions that triggered the sanctions.
The sanctions went into effect on December 28, the notice said, and will remain in place for two years unless the secretary of state lifts them.
The notice said the 24 incurred sanctions under the Iran
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http://www.smh.com.au/guy-over-new-us-sanctions/2007/01/07/1168104868089.html