U.S. Hits Russia With New Sanctions For Annexing Ukrainian Regions

Washington, D.C. Following President Vladimir Putin's signing of treaties absorbing occupied regions of Ukraine into Russia in violation of international law, the United States on Friday imposed sanctions on more than 1,000 individuals and organizations linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including its Central Bank governor and families of National Security Council members.

Numerous leaders of Russia's financial and military infrastructure, as well as hundreds of lawmakers, have been designated for sanctions by the Treasury Department. The State Department added more than 900 persons to its list of people with restricted visas, and the Commerce Department added 57 corporations to its list of export control violators.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, "We will not sit idly by as Putin fraudulently seeks to acquire areas of Ukraine.

"Today, the Treasury Department and the U.S. government are implementing broad measures to further erode Russia's already weak military industrial complex and impair its capacity to carry out its illegal war."