The US government has sanctioned several Russian individuals and entities over “malign influence efforts” targeting the 2024 US presidential election, the Treasury and the Justice Department said on Wednesday. The Justice Department also ordered the seizure of 32 domains “used in Russian government-directed foreign malign influence campaigns,” it said in a statement. “(Russian) President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle … directed Russian public relations companies to promote disinformation and state-sponsored narratives as part of a campaign to influence the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election,” U…