US slaps sanctions on Russia, expels 35 diplomats
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US President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia's interference in the US presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts.
The State Department also has kicked out 35 Russian diplomats from its embassy in Washington and consulate in San Francisco, giving them and their families 72 hours to leave the US.
Take a look: CIA concludes Russia intervened to help Trump win White House: WP report
The diplomats were declared persona non grata for acting in a “manner inconsistent with their diplomatic status.”
Obama said Russians will no longer have access to two Russian government-owned compounds in the United States, in Maryland and in New York.
Russian officials have denied the Obama administration's accusation that the Russian government was trying to influence the US presidential election.
US intelligence agencies concluded that Russia's goal was to help Donald Trump win an assessment Trump has dismissed as ridiculous.
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Dec 30, 2016 12:57am
All this just because Hillary did not win .
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Dec 30, 2016 01:09am
Idiotic of US. This wont really help.
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Dec 30, 2016 01:10am
Shocking response . It will aggravate the situation between both nations
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Dec 30, 2016 01:14am
As if US never interfered in other country's election!!
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Dec 30, 2016 01:54am
Well done Obama! I wish there was a way to negate Trumps election.
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Dec 30, 2016 01:56am
Good move by USA
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Dec 30, 2016 02:02am
Admitting that their internal security and intelligence agencies are as inept as of any Third World country.
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Dec 30, 2016 02:01am
Remember when Erdogan expelled diplomats and the West went wild?
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Dec 30, 2016 02:28am
Great move, go further please, Trump don t spoil the party
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Dec 30, 2016 03:36am
Cold War is ON :(
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Dec 30, 2016 05:11am
things will become clearer once frump assumes office. Obama's actions dont really hold much importance anymore
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Dec 30, 2016 05:53am
I tend to believe in President Obama's judgement.
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Dec 30, 2016 06:27am
Welcome back to 1980s...
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Dec 30, 2016 09:02am
Well done... act for your country's interest first. Nawaz Sharif Govt. learn from US Govt. how to deal with foreign agents.
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Dec 30, 2016 09:17am
Obama had to do some thing with Russia
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Dec 30, 2016 10:00am
This was one of the best decision Obama took in recent years.
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Dec 30, 2016 10:08am
Nice move, but too late. Russia has successfully achieved what it wanted i.e. Trump in power.
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Dec 30, 2016 10:15am
Good for us
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Dec 30, 2016 10:20am
Good news. Trump will undo it soon.
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Dec 30, 2016 10:25am
What else can they do ?
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Dec 30, 2016 10:49am
I firmly believe its very good decision.
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Dec 30, 2016 10:57am
Let's see what Russia will react now ...
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Dec 30, 2016 11:15am
ugh.. don't know where this war for power will take this world to
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Dec 30, 2016 11:21am
@kamal pasha Its bad for us because our new connections to Russia will further damage the relation with US. Not that US relation is great but it takes time to build the kind of favor we had from US few years back.
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Dec 30, 2016 11:28am
Forget about everything..How easy it is to hack a super power 's data base and change the course of their up coming history...If super powers like USA is so venerable, those who rely their safety and security should think twice..i think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.
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Dec 30, 2016 11:41am
Obama is worst president in US history.
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Dec 30, 2016 12:18pm
Let us be factual once for a change. Democracy has again failed us when a straight democratic win has been reversed by the faulty system.
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Dec 30, 2016 03:57pm
The major concern is that DNC personnel were that lax with their security to let this happen in the first place. More than that is all are concerned about the CONTENT of the emails. People are really disgusted with the cheating and dishonesty exhibited at the DNC. If they hadn't have been hacked we would have never known what bad behavior was taking place there. The DNC definitely doesn't have clean hands in this matter.
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Dec 30, 2016 04:36pm
Nothing to worry, all these diplomats will be called back after 20th Jan'17.
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Dec 30, 2016 04:57pm
Good move by USA. Should have done it earlier
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Dec 30, 2016 05:05pm
A shocking and unfortunate incident to happen now at the end of 2016.Bad omen for
the Super Powers U.S. and Russia to start the new year 2017 in this way and for the
world at large.
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Dec 30, 2016 10:09pm
@ADnan 2
You sound like what Trump said about Obama. Are running for US Presidency, by any chance?
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Dec 31, 2016 07:38pm
Once Trump comes all these Obama sanctions will be lifted,
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Dec 31, 2016 08:48pm
Seems that is the only weapon they have left.
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Jan 01, 2017 03:15am
Details of sanctions?
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