The United States will announce new sanctions on Friday, April 6. Measures will affect Russian politicians and businessmen. Restrictive measures will affect from 6 to 10 people who are closest to the leadership of the country. At the same time, some of them are the closest assistants to Russian President Vladimir Putin, NBC reports.. The names and status of non grata persons are not disclosed. Earlier, the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov said that there are no oligarchs in the country. In addition, he knows nothing about possible sanctions against businessmen or about their interrogation. Restrictive measures will affect those who allegedly sponsored the company of Donald Trump during the presidential election in the US in 2016. Thus, according to Washington, they interfered in the final vote.

In March, the United States entered 19 Russian citizens and 5 legal entities on the sanctions list. The reason was allegedly Moscow's interference in the elections in the US in November 2016. The list included businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, as well as the FSB, the GRU and its leadership. All the assets of the defendants in the territory of the United States have frozen, and American citizens are forbidden to conduct any business with them. At the same time, the Kremlin has repeatedly denied all the allegations, calling them unfounded.