Trump Administration Imposes New Sanctions on Russia

This is all over Memeorandum, from the Treasury Department, "Treasury Designates Russian Oligarchs, Officials, and Entities in Response to Worldwide Malign Activity."

And at LAT, "Trump administration announces Russia sanctions for 'attacks to subvert Western democracies'":

Trump administration announces new Russia sanctions for 'attacks to subvert Western democracies' https://t.co/Af5aAASC3j

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 6, 2018

The Trump administration on Friday announced new sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs, 12 companies and 17 senior government officials for a variety of acts, including what one official called “attacks to subvert Western democracies.”

“Russian oligarchs and elites who profit from this corrupt system will no longer be insulated from the consequences of their government’s destabilizing activities.” Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin said in a news release.

Mnuchin criticized the Russian government for engaging in “a range of malign activity around the globe, including continuing to occupy Crimea and instigate violence in eastern Ukraine, supplying the Assad regime with material and weaponry as they bomb their own civilians, attempting to subvert Western democracies, and malicious cyber activities.”

President Trump has spoken of his desire to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and has at times spoken warmly of him, but he has also insisted his administration has been tough on the regime...