The United States on Wednesday imposed hundreds of sanctions targeting Russia, seeking to increase pressure on Moscow in the Biden administration's final days and protect some sanctions previously imposed.

A fresh wave of U.S. sanctions against Russia’s oil industry threatened to disrupt global supplies, sending crude prices to their highest in more than four months.

The Treasury Department on Wednesday announced sanctions connected with Russian secret payment channels created to skirt U.S. restrictions and a Kyrgyzstan financial institution that supports the Krem

The US Treasury Department announced new sanctions against Russia. The list includes, among others, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation,

Separately, the Keremet Bank in Kyrgyzstan is being sanctioned for coordinating with Russian officials and a U.S. bank to evade sanctions.

The latest round of U.S. sanctions against Russia could significantly disrupt the country's oil supply chains, the International Energy Agency said in a monthly report on Wednesday, potentially tightening the global market.