These are new US sanctions against Russia

The White House has come up with a statement about US President Joe Biden's decision to impose new sanctions on Russia for some actions at the expense of the United States.

“Today, the Biden administration is taking steps to set costs to Russia for its government's actions and its intelligence services against the sovereignty and interests of the United States”, the statement said.

Thus, the Treasury Department took certain actions according to President Biden's executive order. As the first point, the statement mentions the ban on American financial institutions to participate in the primary markets of rubla, issued by Russia's Central Bank, Russia's National Riches Fund, or Russia's Finance Ministry.

In addition, the sanctions target will be six Russian technology companies that offer support to the Russian intelligence services cyber programme, Report Express broadcast.

The Treasury Department also imposed sanctions on 32 entities and individuals who have made efforts led by the Russian government to influence the 2020 presidential election in the US and to conduct other acts of mismanagement and intervention.

The Treasury Department, in collaboration with the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada, imposed sanctions on eight entities and individuals linked to Russia's occupation and oppressive crime campaign.

The United States also made a decision to expel ten personnel from the Russian diplomatic mission in Washington. Representatives of Russian intelligence services are included among the outcasts.

The US also formally blamed Russian intelligence services for the cyber-deform scandal “SolarWinds”, accusing the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service as the author of the cyber-diagnosing campaign, which affected over 16,000 computer systems worldwide.