
Commerce department restricts technology and software exports to Russia
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Russia and Belarus are restricted from accessing US-made software and technologies to aid in its military, the US Commerce Department issued in a final ruling Saturday.
The Bureau of Industry and Security, an agency in the department, imposed "highly restrictive" license requirements on everything in the Commerce Control List, which includes almost all dual-use technology, software and commodities that could be used in Russia's military and aerospace effort.
"These restrictions should continue to severely degrade Russia's ability to sustain its aggression, as supported by Belarus," the Commerce Department said in a statement.

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