President of the USA Barack Obama announces that the USA extends the list of Russian officials, against who the sanctions are imposed.

Obama imposes economic sanctions against Kremlin / whitehouse.gov

He said this in a special address on Thursday.

According to his words, the sanctions will be also applied to banks, Ukrainska Pravda reports.

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Obama said that he signed a decree that allows the USA to impose sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy.