President Joe Biden issued a continuation of an executive order that declared a “national emergency” in the United States linked to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a White House notice.
Signed in March 2014 by then-President Barack Obama, Executive Order 13660 declared “a national emergency” amid the “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of persons that undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets,” said Wednesday’s notice.
The order was signed after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. However, it has been expanded over the years with additional executive orders, including the taking of additional sanctions….