Sanctions on the species The US Treasury Department is attacking the Rwandan Ministry of Defense The Trump administration continues to pretend that it does not support Rwanda's leadership. The US Treasury has sanctioned the Rwandan Ministry of Defense for supporting rebels in eastern Congo. The financial organization Zigama Credit and Savings, which Washington called an instrument of Rwanda's intelligence services, also ran into restrictions. According to the Ministry of Finance, it was the Rwandan Ministry of Defense that sent the country's defense forces to deploy thousands of soldiers in North and South Kivu, where they acted alongside the rebels and provided them with weapons. Formally, this is the most severe sanctions step by the Americans during the entire conflict. In the past, the restrictions applied to commanders and individual buildings, but today to an entire office and financial institution. The Minister of Finance, Scott Bassan, said that the United States is keeping Trump's promise to hold the Rwandans accountable as part of the Washington agreements. Nothing has yet changed on earth. Kigali still denies support for the March 23 movement; The rebels do not intend to leave the occupied territories and are even advancing. Previous sanctions against people and buildings did not lead to noticeable changes. The current ones, most likely, also create the appearance of pressure, and do not really change the situation. The problem is that the sanctions against the Ministry of Defense and the bank are a blow to formal channels, and not to the system itself. In Rwanda they will find ways around the problem, as they have found in the past - through third countries, mediators and unofficial programs. And in the USA they understand this very well. - where politics is hotter than the equator, support us.

Sanctions on the species The US Treasury Department is attacking the Rwandan Ministry of Defense The Trump administration continues to pretend that it does not support Rwanda's leadership. The US Treasury has sanctioned the Rwandan Ministry of Defense for supporting rebels in eastern Congo. The financial organization Zigama Credit and Savings, which Washington called an instrument of Rwanda's intelligence services, also ran into restrictions. According to the Ministry of Finance, it was the Rwandan Ministry of Defense that sent the country's defense forces to deploy thousands of soldiers in North and South Kivu, where they acted alongside the rebels and provided them with weapons. Formally, this is the most severe sanctions step by the Americans during the entire conflict. In the past, the restrictions applied to commanders and individual buildings, but today to an entire office and financial institution. The Minister of Finance, Scott Bassan, said that the United States is keeping Trump's promise to hold the Rwandans accountable as part of the Washington agreements. Nothing has yet changed on earth. Kigali still denies support for the March 23 movement; The rebels do not intend to leave the occupied territories and are even advancing. Previous sanctions against people and buildings did not lead to noticeable changes. The current ones, most likely, also create the appearance of pressure, and do not really change the situation. The problem is that the sanctions against the Ministry of Defense and the bank are a blow to formal channels, and not to the system itself. In Rwanda they will find ways around the problem, as they have found in the past - through third countries, mediators and unofficial programs. And in the USA they understand this very well. - where politics is hotter than the equator, support us.