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Biden sanctions Russia, expels diplomats over election interference
The moves are sure to escalate already rising tensions and are likely to be met with some Russian reprisal.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Coordination Center of the Russian Government in Moscow, Russia. | Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP
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President Joe Biden on Thursday declared that the U.S. faces a “national emergency” over an array of malign actions from Russia, imposing new sanctions on the Russian government and expelling 10 Kremlin diplomats from the United States.
The moves are part of an intensifying U.S. campaign to punish Moscow over its attempted interference in the 2020 U.S. election, its cyberespionage campaign known as SolarWinds, and its occupation of Crimea. They are sure to escalate already rising tensions between the two nations and are likely to be met with some Russian reprisal, including the expulsion of U.S. diplomats. The
By Jaclyn Jaeger2021-04-15T19:52:00+01:00
The Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions against Russia implemented under an executive order from President Joe Biden in response to the SolarWinds hack and alleged election interference by the country.
While the bulk of the sanctions target the Russian government, some implement new prohibitions on certain dealings in Russian sovereign debt. Certain technology companies were also targeted for supporting efforts to “carry out malicious cyber activities against the United States,” Treasury said.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a directive that “generally prohibits U.S. financial institutions from participating in the primary market for ruble or non-ruble denominated bonds issued after June 14, 2021 by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, or the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, and further prohibits U.S. financial institutions fro
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The Biden administration has attributed the massive SolarWinds cyberattack to Russian intelligence, pointing the finger specifically at the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (also known as the SVR), as the United States leveled new sanctions against Russia in response to a host of malign activities it said were carried out by the Kremlin.
“Today, we announced actions to hold the Russian Government to account for the SolarWinds intrusion, reports of bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, and attempts to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, adding that the U.S. Department of the Treasury is announcing sanctions against entities and individuals involved in election interference and against companies that support the malign activities of the Russian intelligence services responsible for the SolarWinds intrusion and other recent cyber incidents.”
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