Monday, January 29, 2018

Russian Today's Headline: No new Russia sanctions yet, law working as intended – State Department

I thought it would be interesting to see how the Russian Government funded news network's take on the Trump Administration's decision to not enforce Russian Sanctions. They wrote this article about the curious decision.

They decided to go with the headline: No new Russia sanctions yet, law working as intended – State Department

Here are the last couple paragraphs in the article, which I think do a good job of giving you the gist of the article:

Nauert's statement falls short of the expected “oligarchs list” outlined in CAATSA, which would have included “indices of corruption” and the net worth and known sources of income of the people named and their spouses, children, parents, and siblings. Any US assets, such as real estate, were also ordered to be listed, according to the New York Times.
The intent was to “name and shame” Russian oligarchs and send a message that “Putin’s aggression in terms of Russian interference in our elections will be very costly to them,” said Daniel Fried, a former assistant secretary of state who led the State Department Russia sanctions office, as quoted by USA Today.
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said last week that Moscow regards the sanctions as “counterproductive and senseless.”
On Friday, the Trump administration announced sanctions against 21 individuals, including Russian energy minister Andrey Cherezov, as well as nine business entities.

After reading that, does the framing seem favorable towards the Russian Government and the Trump Administration? Is this biased journalism? If so, does this further support the possibility of collusion between the Russian government and the Trump administration?

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