A better explanation was hinted at by a senior official who said the administration did not want to act without the European Union, which announced its own minimalist sanctions expansion Monday.
However, in sanctioning this expansion, UEFA threatens not just the life of the Group of the Death, but the very value of the European Championships.
Because Putin, unlike Yeltsin, is refusing to play ball any more on the things that matter such as Nato expansion, sanctions on Iran, Syria etc.
Is Barack Obama another Bill Clinton – a man who promised comprehensive social reform but, not wanting to appear weak on crime, ended up sanctioning an extraordinary expansion of the country's criminal justice infrastructure?
Now, whatever prospects there were for the lifting of European sanctions or the expansion of Russian energy cooperation with Europe or Saudi Arabia will be greatly diminished, ensuring continued Russian economic pain.
The Washington-centric historiography "produces a distorted understanding" (5) of the reasons why slavery was federally sanctioned and its expansion was not checked.
"Allowing the British Government to hack therefore sanctions an extraordinary expansion of state surveillance capabilities, with alarming consequences for the privacy and security of many people around the world.
The fresh sanctions mark an expansion of the Trump administration's implementation of the CAATSA law, a measure that Congress passed with a veto-proof majority in 2017, forcing Trump to sign it.
The country's tourism industry, largely underdeveloped during Libya's period under UN sanctions, has undergone significant expansion.
The European Union's chief foreign policy official, in Washington for talks, said that the group's 27 member nations were also considering a significant expansion of sanctions.
