Obama 'Risks American Lives' by Focusing Energies on Russia Instead of Terrorism
© AP Photo/ Andrew Harnik Politics 17:56 04.01.2017(updated 19:20 04.01.2017) Get short URL 8766171
Last week, President Obama made a decision to use the last days of his presidency to make life more difficult for his successor, introducing sanctions against Russia over rumors of 'Russian hacking' of the US election. But observers warn that instead of trying to reignite the Cold War, the US would do better to use its energy to fight terrorism. On Thursday, outgoing US President Barack Obama announced the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats, the closure of two Russian diplomatic compounds in the US, and sanctions against six individuals and five entities, including the GRU (the Main Intelligence Directorate), and the FSB (the Federal Security Service) over unfounded allegations of Russian interference in the US presidential election in November.
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