THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION ANNOUNCE INCREASED SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA OVER UKRAINIAN ANNEXATION..............

President Barack Obama following up on the Executive Order he issued Monday placing targeted Sanctions against 11 officials in President Putin's Government and inner circle in Russia, in result of the invading and annexing of the Ukraine to the Crimea, announced further Sanctions against Russia leveled at more persons and one key Russian Bank that facilitate support for Putin's actions violating the autonomy and independence of the Ukraine as a sovereign nation since 1991.  Today's further economic Sanctions by the United States joined with greater such restrictions being placed on Russia, while proceeding with diplomatic efforts in defense of the Ukraine will be the major focus of the newly revised G-7 Meeting in Europe next week, that Russia has been excluded from in the aftermath of the past three weeks.  Also today the Russian Government imposed their own brand of Sanctions on Americans, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker John Boehner, Senator John McCain, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez, and White House Advisors Dan PFeifer, and Ben Rhodes..............fr.tdp