Since 2014, under three different presidents, the U.S. has imposed travel bans, asset freezes and finance and trade restrictions against hundreds of Russian individuals and companies. These sanctions are part of a multinational effort to punish President Vladimir Putin’s government for alleged trouble-making beyond its borders and online. Still more sanctions are possible as the administration of President Joe Biden examines Russian interference in the 2020 election and the damage inflicted by a broad computer hacking campaign thought to have been orchestrated by Putin’s government.
Washington Post: All about the US sanctions aimed at Putin’s Russia
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 10, 2011, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with US Vice President Joe Biden during their meeting in Moscow. - US President Joe Biden in his first phone call with Vladimir Putin since taking office raised concerns with the Kremlin leader over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Russian "aggression" against Ukraine, the White House said on January 26, 2021. (Photo by ALEXEY DRUZHININ / POOL / AFP)
