Source: Times of Israel.
Obama on Thursday unleashed a barrage of sanctions against Russia over alleged cyberattacks aimed at tilting the election in Trump’s favor.
The move came after years of bad blood with Putin that has seen Washington slap sanctions on Moscow over its interference in Ukraine and Syria.
In response to the alleged hacks, dubbed “Grizzly Steppe” by US officials, Obama announced sanctions against Russia’s military and domestic intelligence agencies, and gave the 35 suspected “intelligence operatives” 72 hours to leave.
US intelligence concluded that the Kremlin had ordered a hack-and-release of Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton campaign staff emails in a bid to put Republican real estate mogul Trump in the Oval Office.
Obama’s moves have put him at odds with his successor, who has expressed his admiration for Putin and desire to improve ties with Russia.
Moscow has repeatedly denied the hacking allegations and Trump too has questioned whether Russia really tipped the electoral scale, painting Obama’s accusations as a thinly veiled effort by a Democratic president to cover up for his party’s loss.
Trump said that while he believes the US should “move on to bigger and better things,” he would meet intelligence leaders next week for a briefing on the situation.
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Outgoing US President is behaving like a injured leopard. Notwithstanding the ground realities. In this move Russian President behaved better and gave another slap to US President. Uncle Sam please realise now wind has started blowing the other way. Please accept it, after Syrian debacle, you are no more master of all trades.