US looking at potential new sanctions against Russia
The Trump administration is considering new sanctions against Russia in response to election meddling and a devastating cyber attack last year, senior US officials said on Wednesday, pushing back against criticism that it has been slow to act.
Both Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress, which nearly unanimously passed a new sanctions bill against Russia last summer, criticized President Donald Trump for not punishing Moscow and accused him of being soft on his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Their recrimination followed a decision by the Trump administration in January not to announce sanctions against Russia for now under the new law.
