Putin: US took 'hostile step' in publishing Russia list

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press




By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and JOSH LEDERMAN
33 minutes ago

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday the Trump administration made a “hostile step” when it published a list of Russian businessmen and politicians as part of a sanctions law against Moscow.

The long-awaited U.S. publication appears to be mainly a list of people in Russian government, along with 96 “oligarchs” from a Forbes magazine ranking of Russian billionaires.

The list, ordered by Congress in response to Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign, had induced fear among rich Russians that it could lead to U.S. sanctions or being informally blacklisted in the global financial system.

But the U.S. surprised observers by announcing that it had decided not to punish anybody under the new sanctions, at least for now. Some U.S. lawmakers accused President Donald Trump of giving Russia a free pass, fueling further questions about whether the president is unwilling to confront Moscow.

Read more: https://apnews.com/0a96bed2bd7e4eb8b2a4377a55a6bcc4/US-releases-'Putin-list'-of-Russian-politicians,-oligarchs

[mountain grammy]

1. I'm sure Vlad knows, nothing will happen while Republicans are in charge.

[hlthe2b]

2. Yeah... more posturing to protect Putin's corrupt proxy.

[Botany]

3. ATTN Putin: Russia took 'hostile step' in fucking with our elections

It was a coup and we had and still have treason.

[Freethinker65]

4. Hell, Putin probably helped create the list

[Marthe48]

5. oh boohoo

you criminal bastard

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Sure.

[Adrahil]

10. Exactly. NT

[-Steph-]

7. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if Putin came up with the list himself. In fact, I'd be more

surprised if Putin DIDN'T have some kind of say in it.

[tanyev]

8. Tit for tat, Vlad. Release the pee!

[dhill926]

9. beat me to it....