Washington, 6 Apr. New US sanctions, which are scheduled to be announced on Wednesday, will affect the Russian Alfa-Bank, writes the Wall Street Journal. bank» and «two daughters of Vladimir Putin.» Earlier, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that new sanctions would be announced on April 6, they would affect members of the government, financial institutions and enterprises, a ban on new investments in Russia. The publication previously reported that the sanctions against Sberbank is planned to be toughened. A number of Western countries have introduced new sanctions against the Russian Federation because of the situation in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containment and weakening of Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire world economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. Putin also said that the United States and the European Union had effectively defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves. He added that the current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics. ban investment in Russia
