The US government on Thursday imposed new sanctions on
Russia over “harmful foreign activities” against the country’s sovereignty and
interest.
According to the White House, the sanctions are retaliatory
moves against what the administration described as interference of the Russian
government in the 2020 presidential election and cyber-attacks on federal
agencies.
Sanctions were imposed on 32 entities and individuals linked
to the Russian government over the attempt to influence the 2020 presidential
elections.
The expulsion of 10 personnel from the Russian diplomatic
mission in the US was also announced.
“President Biden signed a new sanctions executive order that
provides strengthened authorities to demonstrate the administration’s resolve
in responding to and deterring the full scope of Russia’s harmful foreign
activities,” the White House said in a statement.
“This includes, in particular, efforts to undermine the
conduct of free and fair democratic elections and democratic institutions in
the United States and its allies and partners; engage in and facilitate
malicious cyber activities against the United States and its allies and
partner.
“Foster and use transnational corruption to influence
foreign governments; pursue extraterritorial activities targeting dissidents or
journalists; undermine security in countries and regions important to United
States national security; and violate well established principles of
international law, including respect for the territorial integrity of states.”
In 2020, several federal agencies were attacked with a
software that contained malicious codes in an attempt to gather top government
secrets, which was tagged, “SolarWinds”.
US cybersecurity experts alleged that the Russian government
was responsible for the attack.
This is the second sanction within two months as the US
government earlier sanctioned seven mid-level and senior Russian officials over
the attack on Alexei Navalny, an opposition leader in Russia.
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