WASHINGTON, March 20. /TASS/. The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions against two Russians and two Russian companies, according to a statement on the Treasury’s website.

The sanctions target Ilya Gambashidze, Nikolai Tupikin, as well as the Social Design Agency (SDA) and the Company Group Structura.

Inclusion on the sanctions list entails freezing assets in the United States and prohibiting American citizens and companies from doing business with those named.

The US Treasury added that sanctions were imposed against the individuals and the entities because they allegedly provided service to the Russian government "in connection with a foreign malign influence campaign, including attempting to impersonate legitimate media outlets."

According to the statement, the founder of SDA Gambashidze, together with the general director and owner of the Company Group Structura Tupikin, were allegedly "involved in a persistent foreign malign influence campaign at the direction of the Russian Presidential Administration."

In addition, the United States imposed sanctions against five individuals and 10 legal entities from Germany, Iran, Oman and Turkey, which, according to Washington, purchase components for ballistic missiles for Tehran.