TRUMP HITS RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS WITH FRESH SANCTIONS
April 1st, 2018
WITH President Donald Trump angered by the Syrian government chemical weapon attack near Damascus, the US government has rolled out additional financial sanctions on oligarchs and companies linked to a Russian government that Washington blames for abetting such outrages in Syria.
Treasury secretary Steven T Mnuchin has announced that seven Russian oligarchs and 12 companies they own or control; 17 senior Russian government officials; a state-owned Russian weapons trading company and its subsidiary, a Russian bank, will have their US-based assets frozen. ...
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