The Biden administration imposed its first sanctions on Russia today (April 15, 2021) to punish Moscow for the "Solar Winds" cyber espionage attack against the U.S. government and private companies, and for efforts to influence the 2020 presidential election, according to the Washington Times website.
The executive order signed by President Biden expels 10 diplomats from the Russian Embassy in Washington, sanctions more than three dozen individuals and entities, and bans U.S. financial institutions from trading in newly issued Russian state debt and bonds.
Biden, who spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on April 13, said the sanctions were a response to the "unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by specified harmful foreign activities of the government of the Russian Federation."
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