The United States, along with its allies and partners, is imposing additional sanctions against the Russian Federation due to the ongoing Russian military invasion of Ukraine, the White House press service reported on Thursday.

It is noted that more than 400 individuals and legal entities, including 328 members of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, were included in the new sanctions lists.

"This includes: 328 Duma members and sanctioning the Duma as an entity, Herman Gref, the head of Russia’s largest financial institution Sberbank and a Putin advisor since the 1990s, Russian elite Gennady Timchenko, his companies and his family members, 17 board members of Russian financial institution Sovcombank, 48 large Russian defense state-owned enterprises that are part of Russia’s defense-industrial base and produce weapons that have been used in Russia’s assault against Ukraine’s people, infrastructure, and territory, including Russian Helicopters, Tactical Missiles Corporation, High Precision Systems, NPK Tekhmash OAO, Kronshtadt. We are targeting, and will continue to target, the suppliers of Russia’s war effort and, in turn, their supply chain," the report on its website says.

"Establishment of an initiative focused on sanctions evasions. G7 leaders and the European Union today announced an initiative to share information about and coordinate responses related to evasive measures intended to undercut the effectiveness and impact of our joint sanctions actions. Together, we will not allow sanctions evasion or backfilling. As part of this effort, we will also engage other governments on adopting sanctions similar to those already imposed by the G7 and other partners," it reads.

"Continuing to blunt the Central Bank’s ability to deploy international reserves, including gold, to prop up the Russian economy and fund Putin’s brutal war. G7 leaders and the European Union will continue to work jointly to blunt Russia’s ability to deploy its international reserves to prop up Russia’s economy and fund Putin’s war, including by making clear that any transaction involving gold related to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation is covered by existing sanctions," the White House said.