The United States on Wednesday imposed hundreds of sanctions targeting Russia, seeking to increase pressure on Moscow in the Biden administration's final days and protect some sanctions previously imposed.

The new sanctions package aims to counteract evasion schemes and strengthen previous measures. The Treasury has reimposed restrictions on nearly 100 organizations, focusing on three key sectors: ・Finance: Including Sberbank,

President Joe Biden just dropped a sanctions bomb on Russia; one so tightly sealed it’s built to survive Donald Trump’s reign. Especially as the president-elect seems dead set on fixing his friendship with Russia’s president Vlad Putin.

The United States issued new Russia-related sanctions on Wednesday targeting multiple individuals, a China-based entity and a bank in Kyrgyzstan, according to a notice posted on the U.S. Department of Treasury website.