The administration of US President Barack Obama is set to announce measures designed to retaliate against what Washington considers Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, which gave New York billionaire Donald Trump control of the White House, a report says.
The announcement will be made as soon as Thursday, a CNN report cited US officials as saying on Wednesday.
The measures are to be introduced despite warnings by Moscow against more US sanctions.
Apart from the sanctions, which involve naming Russian individuals associated with the hacking, covert cyber missions are also on Obama’s agenda.
Early in December, US intelligence agencies said they had identified individuals with connection to the Russian government that were part of a wider Russian operation to boost the GOP nominee and weaken his opponent, Hillary Clinton.
