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The following companies were included in the black list: Rosoboronexport, 150th Aircraft Repair Plant, Aviaexport foreign economic trade company, Bazalt Scientific and Research Corporation, the Scientific and Production Corporation ‘Engineering Design Bureau,’ Ulyanovsk Civil Aviation Institute named after the Chief Marshal BP Bugaev, Ural Civil Aviation Training Center, and Air Force Academy named after Professor N. Ye. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin, TASS reports.

The Russian companies are accused of violating the U.S. non-proliferation law concerning Iran, North Korea and Syria. However, the U.S. authorities do not specify their claims.

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