NEWSWATCH: “Trump’s pick for U.S. Treasury chief says 100% committed to Russia sanctions” -bne/Intellinews

January 24, 2017 JRL Russia List Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Sanctions, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

“US #Treasury secretary nominee Steven #Mnuchin said he is 100% committed to enforcing the #sanctions against #Russia, as he gave evidence during the #Senate #Finance Committee confirmation hearings on January 19. * * * … Relations between the two countries plunged to their lowest ebb since the Cold War in 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea and encouraged a separatist conflict in East Ukraine, resulting in the imposition that year of the US and EU economic sanctions. …”