US expected to hit Russia with sanctions on over 500 targets

President Biden mentioned on Thursday the U.S. will impose sanctions on Russia on Friday, and in accordance to the U.S. Treasury, over 500 targets will probably be affected.

The sanctions are expected to be imposed on the second anniversary of Russia’s occupation of Ukraine.

Reuters reported that Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo mentioned the U.S. and different nations, in partnership, are concentrating on Russia’s army industrial advanced alongside with corporations in nations that assist Russia entry supplies and items it needs.

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President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden mentioned 500 Russian targets will probably be affected by U.S. sanctions on Friday to maintain the nation accountable for the warfare with Ukraine and the latest loss of life of Alexei Navalny. (Getty Images)

The measures additionally come because the U.S. seems to maintain Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for the warfare with Ukraine and the loss of life of Alexei Navalny, chief of the Russian opposition.

“[Friday] we’ll release hundreds of sanctions just here in the United States, but it’s important to step back and remember that it’s not just America taking these actions,” Adeyemo mentioned.

The deputy treasury secretary additionally mentioned the sanctions are being made to guarantee Russia can not get the products wanted to construct weapons, whereas additionally slowing down the nation’s entry to revenues wanted to develop its economic system and arsenal.

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Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny with his spouse, Yulia, in 2013. (AP / Evgeny Feldman / File)

The U.S. Treasury didn’t instantly reply to inquiries from Fox News Digital on the matter.

This bundle of sanctions is the newest of hundreds of different sanctions in opposition to Russia, introduced on by the U.S. and its allies after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. 

Since its occupation of the nation, Russia is accountable for killing tens of hundreds and lowering cities to rubble.

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Soldiers stroll amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo / Rodrigo Abd / File)

Earlier on Thursday, President Biden met in San Francisco, California with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya, Navalny’s spouse and daughter, respectively.

After the assembly, Biden advised reporters he and his administration can be asserting sanctions in opposition to Putin, including that the Russian president is accountable for Navalny’s loss of life.

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The White House additionally mentioned in an announcement that the Biden administration plans to announce new sanctions in opposition to Russia on Friday “in response to [Alexei’s] death, Russia’s repression and aggression, and its brutal and illegal war in Ukraine.”

Reuters contributed to this report.