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Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Tuesday on a Russia-based darknet market site and a cryptocurrency exchange that it said operates primarily out of Moscow and alphabay darknet market link St. Petersburg. The sanctions against Russia-Based Hydra and currency exchange Garantex, alphabay market published on the Treasury Department's website, "send a message today to criminals that you cannot hide on the darknet market lists or their forums, and you cannot hide in Russia or anywhere else in the world," U.S.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. (Reporting by Rami Ayyub Editing by Chris Reese)