The United States Treasury Department sanctioned seven Russian oligarchs and 17 top government officials on Friday in response to what it described as Moscow’s hostile activity around the globe, including conventional warfare, cyber attacks, and attempts to subvert Western Democracies.
The Treasury listed 7 Russian oligarchs, a dozen companies that they control, and 12 government officials. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin cited Russia’s “malign activity” in eastern Ukraine and supplying the Assad regime in Syria with weapons as some of the reasons for the sanctions.
