The United States has slapped Russia with new sanctions over the poisoning attack incident in the UK city of Salisbury in 2018.
The latest batch is the second round of such measures over Moscows alleged involvement in the attack on a Russian double agent, Sergey Skripal and her daughter, Yulia.
On Friday, US State Department said Washington would oppose the extension of loans to Russia by international financial institutions, ban US banks from participating in the primary market for non-ruble denominated Russian sovereign debt and lending non-ruble denominated funds to the Russian government, and impose additional export licensing restrictions on the Department of Commerce-controlled goods and technology.