US President Joe Biden has extended for a year a series of sanctions imposed on Russia due to the situation in Ukraine. This has been reported Web site White House.
The extension of the action relates to sanctions measures introduced on 21 February 2022, 20 September 2018, 6, 16 and 20 March and December 2014, 2014.
In Biden’s statement, it was noted that the politician’s actions mentioned in the above presidential decrees continue to pose an unusual and extreme threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.
February 25, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Jake Sullivan statedThe Russian economy remains stable despite sanctions. In this context, he called for the continuation of the fight against Moscow and pointed out that Washington should be “ruthless” on this issue.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov statedHe said that the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the United States and European Union (EU) member states last week do not contain anything fundamentally new.
Previously reportedDue to sanctions, Russia’s revenues from oil and natural gas decreased by a quarter.
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Source: Gazeta
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