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U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia over election interference, hacking; Moscow vows retaliation
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Arshad Mohammed and Andrew Osborn
Reuters
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia, including curbs to its sovereign debt market, to punish it for interfering in last year s U.S. election, cyber hacking, bullying Ukraine and other alleged malign actions.
The U.S. government blacklisted Russian companies, expelled Russian diplomats and barred U.S. banks from buying sovereign bonds from Russia s central bank, national wealth fund and Finance Ministry. The United States warned Russia that more penalties were possible but said it did not want to escalate.
BusinessWorld
April 16, 2021 | 1:42 pm
Screenshot of US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., via The White House/YouTube
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW The United States on Thursday imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia, including curbs to its sovereign debt market, to punish it for interfering in last year’s US election, cyber hacking, bullying Ukraine and other alleged malign actions.
The US government blacklisted Russian companies, expelled Russian diplomats, and barred US banks from buying sovereign bonds from Russia’s central bank, national wealth fund, and Finance Ministry. The United States warned Russia that more penalties were possible but said it did not want to escalate.
Antiwar.com Original
Washington’s hypocrisy and the frontiers of its New Cold War (of choice) appear to know no bounds. Eastern Europe is the classic theater of course, but you’ll hear the Pentagon’s new buzzword-acronym priority purpose, great power competition (GPC) – etched in senseless stone with the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) – peddled to justify military missions in the Middle East, Central and East Asia, across Africa, and now at the very roof of the world: the frigid Arctic. Hey, it’s hard to think of a better setting for a Cold War, am I right? At least if you’re into playing what