President Biden announces sanctions against Russia
President Joe Biden announced new tougher sanctions against Russia today, in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of two separatist region’s of Eastern Ukraine as independent.
He said Monday that sanctions need to go further to stop Russia’s aggression, including an oil embargo, blocking all of its banks and cutting off trade with Russia completely.
President Joe Biden announced new tougher sanctions against Russia today, in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of two separatist region’s of Eastern Ukraine as independent.
President Joe Biden has announced the U.S. is ordering heavy financial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs, declaring that Moscow has flagrantly violated international law by it actions in Ukraine.
The Kremlin has condemned as “unacceptable” new sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on Russia over Moscow’s alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former Russian double agent.
The first wave of U.S. sanctions suspended under the Iran nuclear deal snapped back into place at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday as the Trump administration tries to ramp up the economic pressure on Iran.