The US Treasury hired additional staff due to sanctions against Russia

WASHINGTON, Jun 15 new hires, Deputy Minister Wally Adeyemo said. At a congressional hearing, he reported on how the ministry used $113 million in additional funding in connection with the conflict in Ukraine. «Given the complexity of the Russian economy, its relationship with the global economy, we needed additional staff … to help with the analysis of how we can better hit the Russian economy and at the same time minimize the consequences for our economy,» said Adeyemo. New employees, according to him, were also sent to study the interdependence of the financial system of Russia and the United States.Pushkov told what the West is afraid of when it tries to harm RussiaWestern countries imposed sanctions against Moscow after the start of a special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. Restrictive measures mainly affected the banking sector and the sphere of high-tech products. Some countries have frozen the assets of Russian banks. Many companies have announced the suspension of activities in the country. At the same time, the disruption of supply chains has led to economic problems in the US and Europe, which are faced with an unprecedented increase in fuel and food prices. At the same time, America was one of the first to refuse to purchase oil from Russia and welcomed a similar decision taken by the EU countries.A deadly threat to the United States arose in their backyard Thus, in the United States, inflation accelerated to 8.6 percent in May, the highest since December 1981, and gasoline prices on June 10 rose above five dollars a gallon for the first time in history. In order to combat inflation, the Fed previously raised the base interest rate by 50 basis points — up to 0.75-1 percent. As Patrick Basham, director of the Democracy Institute, noted, US citizens, on the eve of the midterm congressional elections, are less and less enthusiastic in supporting the sanctions imposed by the Biden administration against Russia, believing that the authorities should focus their efforts on solving internal problems. According to polls, the approval rating of the head of the White House has fallen to 36 percent, the lowest level in his entire reign. President Vladimir Putin has said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy for Western countries, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics. to weaken anti-Russian sanctions