Klimkin: U.S. to prepare new list of sanctioned Russian businessmen, companies

"A respective list should be prepared by the U.S. Department of the Treasury jointly with all U.S. institutions late in January. This list itself will be a very important lever of influence and a lever of pressure on Russia," Klimkin told journalists on Tuesday, November 28.

Read alsoGazprom says new U.S. sanctions pose risks for gas pipelines bypassing Ukraine"I know our American friends and partners have been working on this list very profoundly. And the very fact of the promotion of these sanctions, I believe, should serve as a very good opportunity for us to increase pressure on Russia. Of course, [this will be] in coordination with the European Union," the minister said.

He reminded that the Ukrainian side had worked with the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on the adoption of the Countering Russian Influence [in Europe and Eurasia] Through Sanctions Act. "This act is very important, as it expands not only the formal list, but the very logic of the sanctions," Klimkin added.

As UNIAN reported, the United States has repeatedly stated that anti-Russian sanctions will be in effect until the fulfillment of the Minsk peace agreements on Donbas and the return of Crimea to Ukraine.