The United States has imposed sanctions on a pro-Russian Ukrainian lawmaker linked to Republican efforts to research damaging information on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter, Reuters reports.
The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement that it has blacklisted Ukrainian parliamentarian Andriy Derkach, who is suspected of being “an active Russian agent for over a decade,” using “manipulation and deceit” in his effort to influence elections in the United States and around the world.