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US sanctions Myanmar businessmen over alleged Russian arms deals

Myanmar's military military administration has violently suppressed opposition since toppling Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government in February last year [File: AP]

The United States has sanctioned a group of Myanmar businessmen and their company accused of supplying Russian-made weapons to the military regime that seized control of the country in last year’s coup.

Aung Moe Myint and Hlaing Moe Myint, the owners of Dynasty International, and Myo Thitsar, the company’s director, were placed on the sanctions blacklist for procuring weapons and aircraft in Belarus for the military administration, the US Treasury said on Thursday.

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