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Trump is preparing to impose sanctions against Russia
The administration of US President Donald Trump has begun to implement the law on sanctions against the Russian Federation, reports on Friday, October 27, Reuters .
The State Department on Thursday began informing Congress and other U.S. authorities about the activities of sanctioned organizations and individuals associated with the Russian intelligence and defense sectors, as required by the 2017 bill to expand sanctions.
has The New York Times learned about a list of 39 Russian companies and departments with which cooperation in the United States will be prohibited. Most of them are already on the sanctions lists. Now sanctions will be applied to American and foreign firms if they continue to do business with these companies from February 2018. The list includes, in particular, Almaz-Antey, Izhmash, Kalashnikov, Oboronprom, Uralvagonzavod, Rosoboronexport, Rostec, MiG, Sukhoi, Tupolev, and also FSB, SVR, GRU, Zorsecurity (formerly Esage Lab) and St. Petersburg Special Technology Center.
The sanctions law went into effect on August 2, but the Trump administration has been slow to take action, believed to be unwilling to aggravate relations with Russia.
The sanctions have been expanded in response to interference in the US presidential election, which US intelligence agencies blame Russia for. During the primaries, the Democratic Party's email was hacked. The letters published from there cast a negative light on party candidate Hillary Clinton. US authorities claim that Russian hackers were involved in the hack.
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