Biden announces sanctions on additional Russian oligarchs as attack on Ukraine intensifies
by Eli Stokols and Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times
Mar 03, 2022
3 minutes
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced new sanctions on more than a dozen Russian oligarchs and their families, as pressure continued to build on Capitol Hill for an even tougher response to Moscow a week after it invaded Ukraine, particularly a ban on imports of Russian oil and gas.
The White House imposed sanctions on 19 wealthy Russian individuals and 47 of their family members and close associates, including President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, and Alisher Usmanov, one of the
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