In February 2018, the US will have to submit to Congress a report on Russian businessmen associated with the Kremlin, President Vladimir Putin and his entourage. On this Friday morning, January 12, said the head of the US financial department Stephen Mnuchin.

He will confirm the beginning of the work and noted that the list should appear in the near future. This is something that we pay great attention to and if the US Congress takes a decision, a number of individuals can be added to the sanctions list.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneiss believes that the sanctions imposed by the European Union on Russia are ineffective. According to her, the practice of imposing sanctions almost never brought its organizers significant victories.

The only striking example is the case with South Africa, when against the policy of the government aimed at continuing the apartheid regime, a package of sports sanctions was initiated, and then it worked.