White House to crack down on Russian attempts to evade sanctions
The US is concerned that China could use its relationship with Russia to blunt economic sanctions
Sullivan said he expects the White House to announce specific targets that are trying to facilitate Russia’s sanction evasion in a week
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday said the Biden administration is focused on guaranteeing that Russia cannot evade global sanctions for its war in Ukraine.
While speaking at the Economic Club in Washington DC, Sullivan said the US government is now focusing on enforcing the sanctions already imposed on Russia, its officials, and oligarchs.
“I mean, what we have done is unprecedented in terms of a major economy to take this set of steps across financial sanctions, investment bans, the export controls,” Sullivan replied when asked whether the US has exhausted the sanctions it can impose against Moscow.
