The U.S. Treasury: sanctions against Russia has reached the desired wash result
NEW YORK, April 20. /TASS/. The administration of U.S. President Donald trump believes that the latest anti-Russian sanctions have achieved the desired effect by Washington, the us strategy in this area will be continuously updated, including, depending on the sensitive factors. This was stated on Thursday Minister of Finance of the USA Stephen Mnuchin the TV channel Fox News.
Speaking of introduced in the early months restrictive measures against Russia, Mnuchin said: “These sanctions are very, very important tools, it is obvious that this is a very powerful tools.”
“We are not afraid to use them. We apply these tools, but we do not intend to announce to the whole world our thoughts on this matter,” he stated. “The sanctions that we imposed against the oligarchs and Russian politicians, had the desired effect,” added the Minister.
“As the President said, we are prepared to be very tough against Russia, we’ve done it before,” said Mnuchin. The Minister of Finance of the USA agreed with the assessment that “these sanctions against Russia was more effective than any before them.” “If we used military or economic levers, we will constantly adjust the strategy depending on things that may happen behind the scenes and about which we do not want to declare,” — said the Minister.