The US has imposed sanctions on many Russain companies across the nation, one of those companies is Russian cyber-security firm Kaspersky Labs. The states government has listed the cyber-security firm among the companies that pose a risk to US national security. Kaspersky Labs is the first Russian based company in the list. The list also includes Chinese tech giants ZTE and Huawei.

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has listed Kaspersky in its Covered List, which classifies entities that are deemed national security risk. The Commission also added China Mobile International USA, and China Telecom (Americas) to the list.

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“I am pleased that our national security agencies agreed with my assessment that China Mobile and China Telecom appeared to meet the threshold necessary to add these entities to our list,” FCC Office of Commissioner Brendan Carr said in a statement.

“Their addition, as well as Kaspersky Labs, will help secure our networks from threats posed by Chinese and Russian state-backed entities seeking to engage in espionage and otherwise harm America’s interests,” he added.

Kaspersky showed it’s resentment with the FCC’s decision to ban certain telecommunications-related federal subsidies from being used to purchase Kaspersky products and services.

“This decision is not based on any technical assessment of Kaspersky products – that the company continuously advocates for a” but instead is being made on political grounds,” the Russian firm said in a statement.