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WASHINGTON – The United States Department of the Treasury has put 18 individuals and four companies from Russia on its sanction lists related to Ukraine and cyber-security, the Treasury said in a statement.

In particular, the Treasury has extended sanctions to Anatoly Chepiga and Alexander Mishkin, who are suspected of an attempt to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, the United Kingdom.