The United States imposed sanctions on three Russian firms for supplying anti- tank weapons to Syria, which Washington accuses of sponsoring terrorism. U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright determined that the Russian government was involved in the deal, but did not slap sanctions on it, a move that preserved $90 million in U.S. aid to Moscow. Explaining last Friday’s decision, State Department spokesman James Rubin said excluding the Russian government from the sanctions was in the “national interest.”
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