The US on Friday imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other members of the Russian Security Council, the US Treasury said in a statement, Tass informs.
US sanctions Putin, Lavrov, other Russian Security Council members
STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 26, ARTSAKHPRESS: "Today, the United States, in coordination with allies and partners, continued to forcefully respond to Russia’s unjustified, unprovoked, and premeditated invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, as well as other members of Russia’s Security Council," the statement said.
"It is exceedingly rare for Treasury to designate a head of state; President Putin joins a very small group that includes despots such as Kim Jong Un, Alexander Lukashenko, and Bashar al-Assad," statement said.
"As President, Putin is the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces currently undertaking an unjustified incursion into a sovereign European state," the Treasury said. "No one individual is more responsible for Russia’s war against Ukraine, destabilization of Russia’s neighbors, the suffering of the Ukrainian people, and years of Russian malign activities globally."
The Treasury said the US and its allies and partners "will continue to target Russian elites."
"Those who hold powerful positions within the Government of Russia may be targeted if Russia’s further aggression against Ukraine does not stop," the agency said.
The Treasury said the US previously designated Valentina Matviyenko, Sergey Naryshkin, Vyacheslav Volodin, Sergei Ivanov, Nikolay Patrushev, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Alexander Bortnikov, Igor Krasnov, Igor Shchegolev, Vladimir Ustinov, and Viktor Zolotov.
As a result of designations, all property of the individuals is blocked and all transactions by US persons with these individuals are prohibited.
