The United States also boycotted the Putin and Lavrov families

The United States has announced sanctions against members of Russia’s president and foreign minister, according to Fars News Agency.

White House In a statement issued Wednesday evening, the United States, in coordination with its allies in the G7 and the European Union, stepped up pressure on Russia over the Ukraine crisis and imposed new sanctions on Moscow.

The White House statement reiterated the events in the northern Ukrainian city of Bucha and accused Russia of killing civilians; An accusation denied by various Moscow officials, which the Russian foreign minister called “fake.”

“Today, the United States, together with the Group of Seven and the European Union, will continue to impose harsh and immediate economic costs on the Putin regime for its crimes in Ukraine, including Bucha,” the statement said.

According to the White House, the United States has imposed new sanctions on Russia and its officials, and even family members of President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have been added to Washington’s sanctions list.

The United States also said that “the complete lifting of sanctions against Asberbank, Russia’s largest financial institution, and Alfa Bank, Russia’s largest private bank, are among Washington’s new actions against Moscow.” The United States has said it will no longer freeze any assets of the two Russian institutions linked to the US financial system and bar Americans from doing business with them.

A White House statement said “Biden will sign a new executive order banning new American investment in Russia by Americans anywhere,” the White House said in a statement.

As the United States added President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the sanctions list following the start of the Ukraine crisis, a new White House statement announced the addition of members of the Russian president and foreign minister’s family to the sanctions list.

The White House said in a statement that the United States “sanctioned the children of President Putin, the wife and daughter of Foreign Minister Lavrov, and members of the Russian Security Council, including former President Dmitry Medvedev and former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishostin.” Completely blocks.

According to the White House, “these people have become rich out of the pockets of the Russian people, and some of them are responsible for providing the necessary support to support Putin’s war against Ukraine.” “This action (US sanctions against these people) will cut them off from the US financial system and freeze any assets in the US.”

The new US action against Russia came as British Foreign Secretary Liz Terrace announced on Wednesday (yesterday) that the country was freezing the assets of Asberbank, Russia’s largest bank, placing eight Russian businessmen on the sanctions list and until The future will end with the import of oil and coal from Russia.

According to Bloomberg News, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to increase pressure on the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, and in this regard, Britain has banned all foreign investment in Russia and the assets of the largest bank. Blocked this country.

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