a twelve companies to its sanctions list one of the targeted businesses as the group which makes commercial vehicles it is partly owned by the top oligarchy all the pasta who also faces personal sign jones the west's firm stance off the poisoning of a former russian spy in england is likely to have triggered the new sanctions. however the us government has been under pressure to react following russia's alleged interference in the last us presidential election cycle warfare and its military activity in ukraine and syria. or don't yell from washington by daniel fried he is a distinguished fellow at the atlantic council he spent four decades in the us foreign service and clothing being assistant secretary of state for european affairs as well as ambassador to poland ambassador fried it's good to have you all the show are these sanctions are they correctly placed to hurt russia