USA puts Alrosa manufacturer Kristall on sanctions list
The US government has imposed sanctions on two more diamond companies, including Russia’s largest producer, Kristall. The cutting and polishing unit, which Alrosa acquired for $29 million in 2019, processes more than 200,000 carats of rough diamonds annually. Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) placed Kristall on the Specially […]