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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 11:21 AM Mar 2014

Obama announces more sanctions against Russian officials, others [View all]

Source: Washington Post

President Obama moved to impose “additional costs” on Russia over their annexation of Crimea, imposing sanctions on more senior officials in the Russian government, on other individuals who support the Russian government, and a bank that provides material support to these individuals. Obama also signed a new executive order that gives the United States the authority to impose sanctions on key sectors of the Russian economy if deemed necessary in the future.

"Nations do not redraw borders... simply because they are larger and more powerful," Obama said.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/european-leaders-weigh-additional-sanctions-against-russia/2014/03/20/c427861e-b016-11e3-95e8-39bef8e9a48b_story.html?hpid=z1

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