‘US sanctions list targets all Russians’

International Desk: Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said a list of officials and businessmen close to the Kremlin published by the United States has in effect targeted all Russian people.

The list names 210 top Russians as part of a sanctions law aimed at punishing Moscow for meddling in the U.S election, the BBC reports.

However, the U.S stressed those named were not subject to new sanctions.

Mr. Putin said the list was an unfriendly act that complicated U.S-Russia ties but said he did not want to escalate the situation.

Mr. Putin said Russia should instead be thinking about “ourselves and the economy.”

The government was required to draw up the list after Congress passed the Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) in August.

The law aimed to punish Russia for its alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S presidential election and its actions in Ukraine.


risingbd/Dhaka/Jan 30, 2018/AI