INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
individuals and entities.These include Central Bank deputy governor Ksenia Yudayeva and former Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Zadornov, who
are considered to be some of the most influential liberal economists still in Russia.The U.S
Treasury placed blocking sanctions on privately owned Transkapitalbank, accused of creating its own online financial transfer system
bypassing SWIFT and offering access to Chinese, Middle East and other foreign banks to avoid U.S
or European banks.The U.S
has also for the first time sanctioned a cryptocurrency mining company, including digital currency firm Bitriver AG, which was first founded
