Trump administration to impose fresh sanctions against Russia

[wishstar]

Source: Washington Post

The United States is expected to impose additional sanctions against Russia by Friday, according to U.S. officials.

The sanctions are economic and designed to target oligarchs with ties to President Vladimir Putin, the officials said. The final number of Russians facing punitive action remains fluid, the U.S. officials said, but is expected to include at least a half-dozen people under sanction powers given to the president by Congress.

In recent weeks, Trump’s national security advisers have pushed for more sanctions after the poisoning of a former Russian spy in England, interference in the U.S. 2016 elections and a cyberattack described as the most destructive and costly in history.

Officials spoke about the sanctions on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss pending actions.


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-to-impose-fresh-sanctions-against-russia/2018/04/04/bc09e0b8-3851-11e8-b57c-9445cc4dfa5e_story.html?utm_term=.ecc2537e3334

[BigmanPigman]

1. Which sanctions are these?

1. The one Congress voted and approved with overwhelming majority but the moron didn't enforce them
2. The latest sanctions that were called for after the English govt asked us to support them
3. The sanctions that Putin already discussed with the moron which are meaningless

I bet it is the third one.

[wishstar]

2. Article is unclear-here is more of article:

The United States is expected to target individuals on a list of influential Russian political and business leaders that the Treasury Department released in January, officials said.

The United States could also impose sanctions based on powers granted by Congress to target anyone conducting significant business with Russian intelligence and defense sectors.

“If they do something tough like this, it may go some distance in reassuring angry members of Congress and the public who are looking at the midterms and wondering if this administration is focused on the Russian threat and taking moves to address it,” said Liz Rosenberg, a former Treasury official who is at the Center for a New American Security.

White House and State Department spokespeople declined to comment.

[iluvtennis]

3. These new "sanctions" are not the ones that Congress passed in Fall 2017.

Trump has only files "sanctions" aganist the dozen or so Russians that Mueller indicted. Now he is going after a few oligarchs.

He needs to enact the more stringet sanctions that Congress (Senate and Hose) overwhelmingly passed.

You can find there here - https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3364/text

[[Page 131 STAT. 887]]

Sec. 224. Imposition of sanctions with respect to activities of the
Russian Federation undermining cybersecurity.
Sec. 225. Imposition of sanctions relating to special Russian crude oil
projects.
Sec. 226. Imposition of sanctions with respect to Russian and other
foreign financial institutions.
Sec. 227. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to significant
corruption in the Russian Federation.
Sec. 228. Mandatory imposition of sanctions with respect to certain
transactions with foreign sanctions evaders and serious human
rights abusers in the Russian Federation.
Sec. 229. Notifications to Congress under Ukraine Freedom Support Act of
2014.
Sec. 230. Standards for termination of certain sanctions with respect to
the Russian Federation.
Sec. 231. Imposition of sanctions with respect to persons engaging in
transactions with the intelligence or defense sectors of the
Government of the Russian Federation.
Sec. 232. Sanctions with respect to the development of pipelines in the
Russian Federation.
Sec. 233. Sanctions with respect to investment in or facilitation of
privatization of state-owned assets by the Russian
Federation.
Sec. 234. Sanctions with respect to the transfer of arms and related
materiel to Syria.
Sec. 235. Sanctions described.
Sec. 236. Exceptions, waiver, and termination.
Sec. 237. Exception relating to activities of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
Sec. 238. Rule of construction.

[notdarkyet]

6. Hand picked and approved by Putin.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. I know they're not particularly good with words or the meaning of words but

don't they mean "handjobs"?

[marble falls]

5. Usually when they "add sanctions" it means they upgrade the handjob.