Trump signed a decree on new sanctions for interfering in the elections

US President Donald Trump signed a decree ordering the State Department and the Ministry of Finance to introduce new sanctions for foreign interference in the course of American elections. It is reported by Reuters.

Freeze assets, restricting access to the services of American banks and the ban on US citizens to invest in foreign companies involved in interfering in the elections are provided.

There is evidence confirming Russia's intervention in the 2016 American presidential race, the winner of which was just Trump, as well as in the course of this year’s campaign in the Congress.

In mid -August, Trump's adviser John Bolton said that Iran, China and DPRK also try to intervene in the current campaign. Earlier, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coutts accused these three countries and Russia of cyber attacks on the United States.

Earlier, the administration of both Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama have already imposed personal sanctions against Russian citizens for interfering in the elections.

The preparation of the current decree became known in early August . A sharp fall in the last month of the ruble course, both the former Minister of Finance of Russia, Alexei Kudrin, and the current one - Anton Siluanov explained in particular the expectation of new American sanctions .