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The Biden Administration announced new and significant trade sanctions against Russia. The action was long expected given the Biden Administration’s criticism of Russia, and was a comprehensive response to Russia’s interference in the 2020 US election, its SolarWinds cyberattack and its ongoing occupation of Crimea and threatening addition of troops along the Ukraine border.
Targeting the Harmful Foreign Activities of the Russian Government, authorizing a broad range of sanctions authorities in response to Russian activities designed to undermine free and fair democratic elections; to engage in and facilitate malicious cyber activities against the United States; use transnational corruption to influence foreign governments; pursue extraterritorial activities targeting dissidents or journalists; and violate well-established principles of international law.
U.S. also expands sanctions against Russian financier Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s operations
(Source: The White House)
Friday, April 16, 2021
A sweeping new White House executive order signed Thursday grants the U.S. the power to impose sanctions relating to an array of Russian activity around the world.
The executive order was part of a broad package of U.S. policies intended to counter actions by the Russian government and its intelligence services, the White House said in a fact sheet. In addition to the order, the U.S. announced sanctions, expelled Russian diplomats and formally attributed a cyber espionage campaign to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
Yevgeniy Prigozhin: Putin s chef with a Karachi proxy
Fri, Apr 16 2021 18:27 IST |
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Russian President Vladimir Putin. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi/Washington, April 16 : Yevgeniy Prigozhin is the Russian financier of the Internet Research Agency (IRA), the Russian troll farm that the US Treasury sanctioned for interfering in the 2016 presidential election. Karachi-based Pakistan nationals and companies are now part of US sanctions for helping IRA activities and acting as proxies. While going after and tracking down IRA and Prigozhin, the US Treasury has sanctioned the Karachi-based individuals and companies.
Prighozhin is also known as Putin s chef and is a Russian catering magnate.
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