Wall Street Journal: Why Russia’s elite is nervous over new US sanctionsBy Wall Street Journal. Published Jan. 22, 2018 at 12:16 pm Traffic goes by a billboard with an image of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and lettering "Strong president - Strong Russia!" in Moscow on Jan. 15. Photo by AFPA new round of U.S. sanctions is taking aim at Russia, and the country’s business elite has reason to be nervous.Read more here.