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US department of the treasury’s office of foreign assets control has sanctioned Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and members of Russia’s security council in response to Russia’s “unjustified, unprovoked and premediated” invasion of Ukraine.
“These actions impose unprecedented diplomatic and economic costs on Russia and further isolate it from the global financial system and the international community,” the US department of the treasury said in a statement.
According to the statement reported by PTI , Putin and Lavrov are directly responsible for Russia’s unprovoked and unlawful further invasion of Ukraine, a democratic sovereign state.
Earlier in the press briefing, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki stated that the US will join the EU in sanctioning Putin and Lavrov.
“In addition, today the US department of state designated two additional government of Russia officials and members of Russia’s security council directly responsible for the further invasion of Ukraine:
Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu, and chief of the general staff of the Russian armed forces, first deputy minister of defense, and general of the army Valery Gerasimov,” read the statement.
Treasury has previously designated eleven members of the Russian security council and will continue to impose costs on the ruling elite as Russia prosecutes this brutal war of choice, the statement said.
