US President Joseph Biden signed a document extending the sanctions against Russia, which were imposed seven years ago due to the annexation of the Crimean peninsula.
According to the document from the U.S. Federal Register, the sanctions have been extended until March 6, 2022.
The sanctions were originally imposed by the Barack Obama administration on March 6, 2014, and expanded on March 20, 2014, December 19, 2014, and September 20, 2018.
“The actions and policies addressed in these Executive Orders continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, the national emergency declared on March 6, 2014, and the measures adopted on that date, on March 16, 2014, on March 20, 2014, on December 19, 2014, and on September 20, 2018, to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2021. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660,” the President’s explanatory note says.