United States President Joe Biden announced more than 500 new sanctions against Russia in reaction to the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine, which falls this Saturday, February 24, 2024, as well as the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei . Navalny, in circumstances not yet clarified.
The punitive measures are directed, among others, against the people involved in Navalny’s imprisonment, against the Russian financial sector and Russia’s arms industry, as Biden explained in a statement this Friday (02/23/2024). In addition, the sanctions affect supply networks and sanctions evaders on several continents, the White House statement said.
The US also imposes export restrictions “on nearly 100 entities that provide covert support to the Russian war machine.”
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the United States, the European Union and other countries have imposed numerous sanctions to weaken Russia’s military industry and reduce Moscow’s revenue from oil and gas sales. Among other things, a price cap for Russian crude oil was put into effect.
This Friday, Russia announced entry bans on more Union representatives in Russia in response to the latest round of EU sanctions.
On the occasion of the second anniversary of the start of the war, several high-ranking representatives of the Allied states were expected to visit Ukraine on Saturday. According to Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelensky, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen arrived this Friday in the city of Lviv (Lviv), in western Ukraine. Denmark had agreed to a bilateral security agreement with kyiv the day before. In addition, the leader of the Democratic majority in the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, also announced his arrival in Lviv.
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