The US Department of the Treasury has added seven Russian citizens and two companies registered in Russia to its sanctions list for cybercrimes, according to a statement on the website of the US financial department, Report informs via TASS.

Inclusion in the list of restrictions entails the freezing of assets in the United States and banning American citizens and companies from doing business with the sanctioned persons and entities.

The restrictions apply to Eduard Benderskiy, Vadim Pogodin, Beyat Ramazanov, Alexandr Ryzhenkov, Sergey Ryzhenkov, Aleksey Shchetinin, Viktor Yakubets, as well as Solar-Invest LLC and Vympel-Assistance LLC.