List of Russians Under U.S. Sanctions Published

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has published a list of Russians who are subject to sanctions, reports RIA Novosti.

The sanctions target several high-profile figures, including FSB director Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) Alexander Kalashnikov, Attorney General Igor Krasnov, Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov, Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko, First Deputy Chief of the Kremlin Administration Sergey Kiriyenko, and Head of the Domestic Policy Department of the Kremlin Andrei Yarin.

On March 2, the United States imposed sanctions against Russia due to the situation surrounding Alexei Navalny. The Federation Council referred to the Western sanctions as a