Since his arrival at the White House, the new President of the United States had indicated that he was developing his reaction against a series of acts carried out on Moscow, including a huge cyberbat and the US elections in the United States. Further intervention is included. . He promised to be much stronger than his predecessor Donald Trump, accusing him of decency towards his counterpart in the Kremlin.

Tortured on Thursday, and they are serious.

The 46th president in US history has signed a decree following sanctions that would allow Russia to be punished again, so that “strategic and economic consequences”, “if it continues or an enhancement of its actions of international stability” Promotes “. In a statement warned the White House.

Under this decree, the US Treasury banned US financial institutions from June 14 on the purchase of debt issued by Russia.

It also bans six Russian tech companies accused of supporting Moscow’s cyber intelligence activities.

It is a response to the 2020 giant cyber attack, used as Vector SolarWind, an American software publisher whose product was pirated to introduce vulnerabilities among its users, including several US federal agencies. The Biden administration formally accuses Russia of being responsible for this attack, as it had already suggested.

NATO “support”

In addition, the Treasury accused 32 entities and people of trying to “influence the 2020 presidential election in the United States” on behalf of the Russian government, according to the White House.

And, in partnership with the European Union, Canada, Britain and Australia, the US government is also banning eight individuals and entities “associated with continued occupation and suppression in Crimea.”

For its part, the US State Department expelled ten officers from the Russian embassy, ​​some accused of being members of the Moscow intelligence services.

All of these sanctions are intended to hold Russian officials “responsible” after allegations of rewards given by Russia to the Taliban for attacking American or foreign troops in Afghanistan.

On these allegations, Donald Trump was relaxed in front of the leak. So, this is the first time that Washington has gone so far as to play the role of Moscow.

But the White House is unclear for the time, saying only that the matter is “managed by diplomatic, military and intelligence channels”.

These sanctions come on top of the first series of punitive measures announced in March against the seven largest Russian officials who were in response to the poisoning and damage of rival Alexei Navalny.

NATO countries immediately expressed “their support and solidarity for the United States” “after the announcement of measures aimed at responding to Russia’s destabilizing activities”.

US Ambassador summoned

It is one of the most difficult crimes against Russia since the expulsion of many diplomats at the end of Barack Obama’s term. And it didn’t take long for the answer to come.

Russian diplomacy spokesman Maria Zakharova warned, “Such aggressive behavior will receive severe reprimand. The response to the sanctions will be inevitable.” The US ambassador in Moscow was called by the authorities for “a difficult conversation”.

“The United States is not prepared to accept the stark reality of a multipolar world, which relies on sanctions pressures and interference in our internal affairs, barring American hegemony,” the spokesperson lamented.

Russia had already warned that the adoption of the new sanctions would “not favor” the organization, which is believed to stabilize the organization of a Biden-Putin summit in illicit relations between the two geopolitical rivals.

The Kremlin thus begins to become disenchanted after expressing its satisfaction at the prospect of such a summit, proposed by “a third country” and “in the coming months” by the new democratic president. The offer, which was made during a telephone conversation between the two leaders this week, was also marked by an American warning following the heavy deployment of Russian troops on the Ukrainian borders.

The most spectacular measure, announced on Thursday, is expected to have a limited effect on debt, with Russia having only limited debt and reserves of more than $ 180 billion, boosted by its hydrocarbon exports. However, it can be painful on Thursday, in the fall, and already in difficulty since the first restrictions adopted in 2014.