The US prepares more sanctions against Russia for improper conduct of interference in internal affairs

The Administration of Joe Biden would be finalizing a new round of sanctions against Russian individuals and entities for their improper conduct in interference in internal affairs, as in the elections, and could be announced this Thursday.

The new battery of sanctions would include a dozen people, including government and intelligence officials, as well as about 20 entities, according to people familiar with the matter. they have detailed Bloomberg.

On the other hand, this sanctions package would also include the expulsion of some ten Russian officials and diplomats.

The sanctions would be framed, according to Washington, in electoral interference, as well as the cyber attack of the SolarWinds company.

These measures would be taken after a telephone conversation between the president of the United States, Joe Biden, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin., this same Tuesday, in which he opened the possibility of a summit between both nations in a third country.

The president of United States, Joe Biden, on his first day in office, ordered a review of relations with Russia, which for now has meant the sanction of Russian officials for the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Biden also raised tensions when in a television interview he answered affirmatively to a question asking whether “Putin is a murderer.”

But not only Washington has taken measures, from Moscow they called their ambassador to the United States to reassess relations in March, and they have already announced that they do not plan to return in the near future.

However, Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel jointly called on Russia on Wednesday to reduce its troops on the Ukrainian border, given the increase in tension on the ground.

During a telephone interview, both leaders agreed that a positive reception from Moscow would help to allow a “de-escalation” of the situation, said the spokesman for Merkel it’s a statement.

The statements are in line with those made by the foreign ministers of both countries together with their G7 counterparts, who on Tuesday asked in a joint statement that Russia “cease its provocations” and “reduce tensions” in the area.

“These large-scale troop movements, without prior notification, represent threatening and destabilizing activities,” said the diplomatic heads of the powers together with European Chancellor Josep Borrell.

In particular, they asked the government of Vladimir Putin to respect the principles and commitments of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) that it has signed on the transparency of military movements and to respond to the procedure established in Chapter III ( Risk Reduction) of the Vienna Document on Confidence and Security-Building Measures.