US President Joe Biden imposed new sanctions against Russia in connection with Moscow’s recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR). This is reported TASS referring to the White House.
The content of the presidential decree has not been disclosed.
Earlier, Biden banned investment and trade with the DNR and LNR.
At the same time, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called the reaction of Western countries to Moscow’s recognition of the independence of the DPR and LPR predictable.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance with the republics. Before that, the heads of the DPR and LPR, Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik, asked Putin to recognize the independence of the republics.
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