Surkov, Glazyev, Slutsky, Klishas, Matviyenko, Rogozin, Aksionov, Konstantynov, Medvedchuk, Yanukovych designated for U.S. sanctions

The United States has announced it is introducing sanctions against Russian officials Vladislav Surkov, Sergei Glazyev, Leonid Slutsky, Andrei Klishas, Valentina Matviyenko, Dmitry Rogozin and Yelena Mizulina, according to the White House's press release circulated on Monday.

Washington will also apply sanctions against Viktor Yanukovych, leader of the Ukrainian Choice public movement Viktor Medvedchuk, speaker of the Crimean parliament Volodymyr Konstantynov and Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksionov.