The U.S. on Thursday levied sanctions on nearly three dozen Russian companies and individuals that the Treasury Department said are helping Moscow evade the West’s economic pressure campaign and aiding the country’s defense and intelligence agencies. Among those blacklisted include Russia’s largest microchip manufacturer, Mikron, a firm named Serniya Engineering that Treasury said oversaw a network of companies that procured technology and dual-use goods from abroad for the military and intelligence services, and supercomputer company T-Platforms. The companies were previously identified as sanction targets by The Wall Street Journal. The companies didn’t respond to requests for comment. The Treasury Department said some of the firms named in the Thursday announcement were shell companies set up to evade prior U.S. sanctions. The U.S. and its European allies say they are entering a new phase of the sanctions campaign against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine , focusing on tightening enforcement […]