Treasury Sanctions Russia - including implementation of new prohibitions on certain dealings in Russian sovereign debt & sanctions on tech companies that support Russian Intelligence Services’ efforts to carry out malicious cyber activities against US
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Treasury Escalates Sanctions Against Russian Government’s Attempts to Influence US Elections
16 entities and 16 individuals are listed, including more people/entities linked to Yevgeniy Prigozhin and Konstantin Kilimnik (Manafort's business partner)
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Treasury Sanctions Russian Persons in the Crimea Region of Ukraine - five individuals and three entities related to Russia’s occupation of the Crimea region of Ukraine and its severe human rights abuses against the local population.
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Sanctions against Russian govt attempts to influence US elections include Alexander Malkevich (designated in 2018 for directing USAReally) and Foundation for National Values Protection(FZNC) & targets related to Yevgeniy Prigozhin's network in Africa
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Treasury targets enablers of Prigozhin's Internet Research Agency - Pakistan-based Second Eye Solution and front-companies Fresh Air Farm House, Like Wise, MK Softtech & Mohsin Raza, Mujtaba Raza, Syed Hasnain, Muhammad Hayat, Syed Raza, Shahzad Ahmed
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The US is also expelling ten personnel from the Russian diplomatic mission in Washington, DC. The personnel include representatives of Russian intelligence services.
Agree - sanctions seem sweeping in some ways with more definitive details and people/entities identified - but still seems to be focused on network close to the Kremlin vs more expanded oligarch network that used cutouts to interact with Trump circle & GOP
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