After EU, US slaps Russia with 500 new sanctions over Ukraine invasion and Navalny's death
Hindustan TimesUS President Joe Biden on Friday announced sanctions on more than 500 targets in Russia on the second anniversary of the Ukraine invasion, vowing sustained pressure to stop President Vladimir Putin's "war machine." Biden said that the more than 500 sanctions, expected to be unveiled later in the day, will target "individuals connected to Navalny's imprisonment as well as Russia's financial sector, defense industrial base, procurement networks and sanctions evaders across multiple continents." "We are also imposing new export restrictions on nearly 100 entities for providing backdoor support for Russia's war machine," he said. The White House has said as well that Washington would soon impose new sanctions on Iran over its backing for Russia's invasion.