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Title: Moscow lashes out at Washington for charging Russians with violating Syria sanctions
Post by: corbe on June 13, 2018, 10:18:17 pm

Moscow lashes out at Washington for charging Russians with violating Syria sanctions

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times - Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Kremlin officials on Wednesday lashed out at the Justice Department’s move to charge Russians with violating U.S. sanctions on Syria, calling it an act of “political blindness” and hostility.

On Tuesday at federal court in Washington, DOJ officials indicted five Russian employees of a Crimean-based shipping company, Sovfracht, for allegedly money laundering and supplying jet fuel to Syria — a violation of U.S. sanctions. Three Syrians were also charged.

On Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry responded by saying: “Washington has again demonstrated its political blindness by accusing the staff of Sovfracht public joint stock company of shipping aviation fuel to Syria.”

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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/13/moscow-lashes-out-washington-charging-russians-vio/ (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/13/moscow-lashes-out-washington-charging-russians-vio/)