The US on Friday imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other members of the Russian Security Council, the US Treasury said in a statement.
“Today, the United States, in coordination with allies and partners, continued to forcefully respond to Russia’s unjustified, unprovoked, and premeditated invasion of Ukraine by imposing sanctions on President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, as well as other members of Russia’s Security Council,” the statement said.
“It is exceedingly rare for Treasury to designate a head of state; President Putin joins a very small group that includes despots such as Kim Jong Un, Alexander Lukashenko, and Bashar al-Assad,” the statement said.
Lavrov was designated as he, according to the Treasury, “has advanced the false narrative that Ukraine is the aggressor as he has aggressively sought to justify Russia’s actions globally.”
