US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman has no new information about sanctions against Moscow.

Axar.az informs citing TASS.

"They will move in whatever direction they feel is appropriate," he said, commenting on a statement about possible new sanctions on Russia, made by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

"The information rests in the Congress," Huntsman added.

On February 23, Mnuchin said that the US Department of the Treasury was "closely working with the FBI and giving information as it relates to the recent suit.

"As appropriate, we will look at sanctioning individuals from the information they have," Mnuchin said, adding that he would "be back here within the next several weeks to talk about that."