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Trump administration hits 24 Russians with sanctions over 'malign activity'
theguardian.com ^ | April 6, 2018 | Lauren Gambino

Posted on 04/08/2018 11:50:13 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

The Trump administration announced new sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs and 17 top government officials on Friday, in a move that targets Vladimir Putin’s inner circle for “malign activity” including meddling in the 2016 US election and other aggressions.

The new economic sanctions represent the most forceful action yet taken by the Trump administration against Putin’s circle.

“The Russian government operates for the disproportionate benefit of oligarchs and government elites,” said the treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin. “Russian oligarchs and elites who profit from this corrupt system will no longer be insulated from the consequences of their government’s destabilizing activities.”

Mnuchin cited Russian aggression in Crimea and Moscow’s support of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in the bloody civil war in Syria as well as “attempting to subvert western democracies, and malicious cyber activities” as reasons for the sanctions.

Among the targeted Russians are Kirill Shamalov, who has grown massively wealthy since marrying Putin’s daughter in 2013.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: putin; russianpropagandists; russianpuppets; russianstooges; russiasucks

1 posted on 04/08/2018 11:50:13 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

What did little Comrade Obama do to put Putin in his place?

Not much as I recall. You don’t put your superior in the dock, do you? Putin played Obama like a used piano but still made him dance to his tunes.


2 posted on 04/09/2018 12:01:47 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Good timing. A nice way to congratulate Putin on his new term in office.

New day. New rules.

Yay Trump!


3 posted on 04/09/2018 12:23:19 AM PDT by GoldenState_Rose
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To: GoldenState_Rose
Trump Bump! 🙂
4 posted on 04/09/2018 12:31:24 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
“The Russian government operates for the disproportionate benefit of oligarchs and government elites,” said the treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin.

What he forgot to say was:

“The American government operates for the disproportionate benefit of oligarchs and government elites".

Pot calling kettle black, folks--wake up...
5 posted on 04/09/2018 3:16:53 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Trump administration hits 24 Russians with sanctions over 'malign activity'

I've never been hit by a sanction before, that's gotta hurt.

6 posted on 04/09/2018 3:18:34 AM PDT by Scooter100
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To: Berlin_Freeper

President Trump, wake up! You marginalize your incredible victory by thinking that Russian interference had anything to do with it.


7 posted on 04/09/2018 4:38:56 AM PDT by grania
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Good, Russia is now disgraced, their economy, recent events including that mall fire, the UK poisoning and now this.

Russia’s freedom of the press is 142nd in the world, nobody believes what the Putin trolls say anymore.


8 posted on 04/09/2018 5:23:20 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: cgbg

>
“The Russian government operates for the disproportionate benefit of oligarchs and government elites,” said the treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin.

What he forgot to say was:

“The American government operates for the disproportionate benefit of oligarchs and government elites”.

Pot calling kettle black, folks—wake up...
>

Touché


9 posted on 04/09/2018 5:39:47 AM PDT by i_robot73 (One could not count the number of *solutions*, if only govt followed\enforced the Constitution.)
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