U.S. imposes penalties on three individuals and nine organizations in connection with the annexation of Crimea and the situation in the Donbass, said the representative of the US state Department in Ukraine Kurt Volker. according to his statement, limits are imposed for the support of Russian efforts to integrate the Crimea through private investment and privatization projects, as well as for the inclusion of serious violations of human rights. However, He is not said who exactly was the target of new sanctions. "It's remarkable, because this is the 1st step in the form of punishment, which exclusively recognizes, based on the understanding that the Russian Federation is in fact in control of the Donbass in the East of Ukraine ",