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The United States can impose personal sanctions against several more Russians, said American Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. "We have already taken some steps that reduced Russian military exports. We also consider the possibility of introducing additional personal sanctions," the official said in an interview with CNBC.

Tillerson was also asked about his close relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the work of the future Secretary of State in Exxonmobil. According to Tillerson, he was familiar with Putin for many years, representing the interests of the company's shareholders, however, after his appointment to a new position, the situation changed. “I told Putin that I was now representing the American people. I think that it was important to tell him this in a personal meeting. And I think that he understood me correctly,” the Secretary of State emphasized.

The diplomat also spoke about Putin’s reaction to accusations of violating sanctions against the DPRK and the use of nuclear weapons Bashar Assad Bashar Assad. “Let's see if it is worried or not,” said Tillerson. “President Trump always showed that there would be consequences.”

On January 30, the US Treasury published the Kremlin List, prepared in accordance with the law adopted in the summer of 2017, the Law "On Combating the Enemies of America through sanctions" 210 Russians were included in the list: 114 officials and heads of state -owned companies and 96 billionaires. Among the defendants in the list are actually all the highest leadership of Russia, with the exception of Vladimir Putin. Critics of the document noted that he repeats the Forbes list and a list of officials from the Kremlin and Government sites.

The next day, the head of the US Treasury Steve Menushin at a hearing in Congress said thatsanctions would be imposed against a number of defendants in the Kremlin List. At the same time, the official emphasized that the inclusion in the list does not mean that restrictive measures will be applied to the face. Menushin noted that the secret part of the report includes "hundreds of pages", while the open occupies nine.

On February 9, the head of the Council of the Center for Strategic Development, ex-Minister of Finance of Russia Alexei Kudrin said that the consequences of the publication of the Kremlin List have already begun to be felt . According to him, Russian companies have already "put up additional control measures from Western partners and banks."

On the 13th , personal sanctions against the defendants in the list were required by Democrats Senators Ben Cardin, Sherrod Brown and Robert Menendes