WASHINGTON, April 15. /TASS/. US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order, which implies imposing new sanctions against physical and legal entities from Russia for a number of actions that include hostile activities in cyberspace and interference in American elections. The text of the order was published by the White House press service.
The possible reasons for imposing sanctions, which envisage blocking of property and assets on US territory include: malicious cyber-enabled activities; interference in a United States or other foreign government election; actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in the United States or abroad; transnational corruption; assassination, murder, or other unlawful killing of, or infliction of other bodily harm against a United States person or a citizen or national of a United States ally or partner; activities that undermine the peace, security, political stability, or territorial integrity of the United States, its allies, or its partners; as well as actions aimed at avoiding the already imposed US sanctions.
In his letter to Congress Biden informed the legislators about signing a new executive order, which was prompted by "harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation" that "constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States."
"I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat," Biden wrote. The national emergency regime allows the US authorities to impose additional sanctions.
The document envisages introduction of visa restrictions for people coming under sanctions as well as their relatives.
"Unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of noncitizens determined to meet one or more of the criteria in section 1 of this order would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and the entry of such persons into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended," the document says.