The United States has unleashed a new round of sanctions against hundreds of Russia-linked firms and officials over Moscow’s annexation of Ukrainian territories, which President Joe Biden has called a show of contempt for peaceful nations.The Department of the Treasury yesterday targeted nearly three hundred members of Russia’s legislature, as well as companies and individuals it accused of links to the country’s military-industrial complex, including the Russian central bank governor.The sanctions, which Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen called swift and severe, freeze the targeted groups and individuals assets in the US and make it illegal for American citizens to do business with them.Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would absorb the partially occupied Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia.
