Moscow reacted angrily, saying this dangerously raised the temperature between the two countries.
President Joe Biden issue an executive order authorizing the U.S. government to sanction any sector of the Russian economy.
The U.S. government plans a new executive order to help strengthen its cybersecurity, a U.S. official told reporters.
Washington: The United States on Thursday imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia to punish it for alleged interference in the 2020 U.S. election, cyber-hacking, bullying Ukraine and other malign acts.
The measures blacklisted Russian companies, expelled Russian diplomats and placed limits on the Russian sovereign debt market. More penalties could come, although Washington did not want to escalate matters, the Biden administration said.
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