The United States on Wednesday imposed hundreds of sanctions targeting Russia in an action that seeks to increase pressure on Moscow in the final days of the Biden administration and protects some of the sanctions it has already imposed ahead of Donald Trump's second presidential term.

The Treasury Department on Wednesday announced sanctions connected with Russian secret payment channels created to skirt U.S. restrictions and a Kyrgyzstan financial institution that supports the Krem

The US Treasury Department announced new sanctions against Russia. The list includes, among others, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation,