The US’ new anti-Russian sanctions will include restrictions linked with Russia’s sovereign debt, Eurasia Diary reports citing Tass.
According to Reuters, the new batch of sanctions is expected to be announced on Thursday. The New York Times said that President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order extending restrictions linked with Russia’s debt securities with US banks.
Thus, US institutions will be banned to buy debt securities of the Russian Central Bank, the Russian finance ministry, and its sovereign fund. The sanctions, according to the newspaper, will come into effect from June 14.
Both the White House, the US Department of State and Department of Justice were unavailable for comment.
Russia has been rejecting Washington’s allegations about Moscow’s involvement in the cyberattack in the United States via the SolarWinds software. It has also been denying allegation of meddling with the US elections.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with TV Channel One on Wednesday that a new portion of hypothetical US sanctions against Russia, should they be taken, would indicate a discrepancy between words and actions on the American side.
US President Joe Biden made a telephone call to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. The Kremlin’s press-service said the US leader suggested considering the possibility of a face-to-face meeting in the foreseeable future and expressed interest in the normalization of bilateral relations and in ensuring strategic stability.
