Moscow vows to retaliate over new ‘anti-Russian’ US sanctions
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(Worthy News) – Russia on Monday said it was “bewildered” by fresh US sanctions and vowed to retaliate following what it called an “anti-Russian attack.”
The foreign ministry said the new sanctions on several Russians — including a businessman tied to President Vladimir Putin and a disinformation operation accused of conspiring to manipulate the US 2018 midterm election — “will not go unanswered.”
The financial sanctions, which target Russian financier Evgeny Prigozhin, some of his assets and the so-called Internet Research Agency, are the first to be taken under an executive order signed last year by US President Donald Trump seeking to punish foreign actors accused of interfering in US elections. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]
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