Putin Envoy Hails US Shutdown of War-Sanctions Task Force
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A senior Kremlin envoy said a decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to disband a team overseeing sanctions on Russia for its war on Ukraine may be an early sign the US wants to normalize relations.
The Department of Justice has shut down the KleptoCapture task force set up by President Joe Biden’s administration in March 2022 and charged with “enforcing the sweeping sanctions, export restrictions, and economic countermeasures” imposed in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.