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The US and Russia impose sanctions on each other over Ukraine
by Joseph Earnest March 20, 2014
Newscast Media WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury said on Thursday its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated sixteen Russian government officials and four individuals who provide "material support" to the Russian government.
Barack Obama said more Russians were added to the blacklist of individuals, who are subject to travel restrictions and whose assets in the US will be frozen.
"We're imposing sanctions on more senior officials of the Russian government," Obama said.
The US sanctions targeted seven top Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin, including presidential aide Vladislav Surkov, the speaker of the upper house of parliament, Valentina Matviyenko, and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.
Presidential aide Andrei Fursenko, Presidential Executive Office Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov, head of Russia’s military intelligence service GRU Igor Sergun, head of Russia's railway monopoly RZD Vladimir Yakunin and a number of senior lawmakers were also on the list.
The US list was extended on Thursday and now includes presidential aide Andrei Fursenko, Presidential Executive Office Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov, head of Russia's military intelligence service GRU Igor Sergun, head of Russia's railway monopoly RZD Vladimir Yakunin and a number of senior lawmakers.
Barack Obama also mentioned that sanctions will be imposed on The Rossiya Bank.
Meanwhile, the Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday imposed its own sanctions against nine senior US officials in retaliation to US visa bans and asset freezes.
"We have repeatedly warned that the use of sanctions is double-edged and has boomerang effect," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The list of US officials barred from Russia comprises deputy national security advisers Ben Rhodes and Caroline Atkinson, senators John McCain, Harry Reid, Robert Menendez, Daniel Coats and Mary Landrieu, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama.
Source: Ria Novosti
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