The Trump administration modestly expanded sanctions on Russia June 20 in an encouraging sign that it will continue to raise the pressure on the regime of Vladimir Putin for its illegal activity in Ukraine. Eleven of the newly penalized individuals and entities operate in the province of Crimea , which Moscow invaded and annexed in 2014; they include the Russia-designated state prosecutor. Yet according to two leading Crimean human rights activists, no one in the occupied province has been explicitly punished for the sweeping violations of human rights that have occurred there since 2014. That should change.
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Washington Post: The Trump administration has expanded sanctions on Russia. Here’s what it should target next.
Cossacks look at Russian President Vladimir Putin answering a question during his annual televised phone-in with the nation on an outdoor screen, in Simferopol on April 16, 2015.
