by Steve Sweeney
International editor

A PRO-RUSSIAN opposition party in Ukraine described US sanctions imposed on a number of its members an “act of political terror” today.

Four members of the Opposition Platform — For Life (OPFL) party were accused by Washington of allegedly engaging “in Russian government-directed influence activities to destabilise Ukraine” on Thursday.

The United States Department of the Treasury announced sanctions on the former deputy head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council Vladimir Sivkovich, OPFL lawmakers Taras Kozak and Oleg Voloshin and former parliamentarian Vladimir Oleynik.