China News Service, April 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. is ready to take new measures to combat Russia's evasion of sanctions, U.S. national security adviser John Sullivan said on the 14th local time.
Sullivan also said the U.S. does not intend to return the confiscated assets of the Russian business elite.
FILE PHOTO: Sullivan, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
According to reports, Sullivan said that the focus of the United States in the next few days is to combat Russia's evasion of sanctions.
"We will make some announcements in the next week or two to identify targets within or outside Russia to facilitate evasion of (Western) sanctions," he said.
Sullivan also said the U.S. does not plan to return the confiscated assets of the Russian business elite, claiming the U.S. will use the money "in a better way."
Sullivan said President Biden is actively considering what to do with the properties.
Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States and its allies have imposed multiple rounds of sanctions on Russia, involving trade, energy, technology, finance and other fields, including but not limited to more than 400 Russian government officials, more than 140 business elites and their family members.
In addition, according to "Fortune" magazine, the United States led its allies to jointly freeze about 300 billion US dollars of foreign exchange reserves in Russia's overseas banks.