White House: Biden extends the regime of sanctions against Russia

U.S. President Joe Biden said he decided to impose sanctions on Russia over what it claims are “malign activities” by the Russian government abroad, according to a letter from the U.S. president to Congress released by the White House. to extend.

This document states: I have decided to maintain the state of emergency established by Decree No. 14024 regarding foreign harmful activities of the Government of the Russian Federation.

In addition, the conditions for extending the restriction regime are not mentioned in the letter.

In justifying this action, the White House attributed to Russia the undermining of free elections in US-allied countries, encouraging transnational corruption, hacking, and violating “established principles of international law”.

Moscow has repeatedly announced that Russia will deal with the pressure of sanctions that the West has imposed on Russia several years ago and continues to strengthen. Moscow noted that the West does not have the courage to accept the failure of sanctions against Russia.

Western countries themselves have repeatedly expressed their opinion on the ineffectiveness of sanctions. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have seriously affected the entire world economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people.