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Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesBarack Obama.President Obama issued new sanctions against Russia on Thursday, calling Russia's "malicious cyber-related activities" a "national emergency" aimed at undermining "democratic processes."He also ordered that 35 Russian diplomats be ejected from the United States and closed two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland in response to "Russian harrassment of American diplomats" in Moscow.The diplomats will be given 72 hours to leave the US, according to Reuters.This story is developing. NOW WATCH: Donald Trump's connection with Vince McMahon and WWE spans decades if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'Fkc2QzMTE6Y-AsNDkseGQbTp57hESZU9',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); Please enable Javascript to watch this video (function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }());

Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesBarack Obama. President Obama issued new sanctions against Russia on Thursday, calling Russia's "malicious cyber-related activities" a "national emergency" aimed at undermining "democratic processes.

Obama issues new sanctions against Russia, ejects 35 Russian diplomats over election-related hacking

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