Trump refuses to impose new Russia sanctions despite law passed by US Congress over election hacking

The Trump administration has announced it will not impose additional sanctions on Russia, despite Congress passing a law allowing the President to do so. With Monday the deadline for the White House to impose any new measures, the US State Department insisted the threat of sanctions was already acting as a deterrent. The new sanctions would have required the US Treasury Department to penalise foreign governments and companies doing business with Russia’s defence and intelligence sectors.

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