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Experts say sanctions will have little influence on Vladimir Putin

By Brian Hughes
Published March 17, 2014 12:00am ET
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Experts say sanctions will have little influence on Vladimir Putin
The White House on Monday trumpeted sanctions against senior Kremlin officials as the most extensive economic punishment imposed on Russia since the Cold War. But Russian President Vladimir Putin must have missed that memo. Just hours after the Obama administration unveiled sanctions against 11 Russian and Ukrainian officials, Putin had signed a decree recognizing Crimea […]

The White House on Monday trumpeted sanctions against senior Kremlin officials as the most extensive economic punishment imposed on Russia since the Cold War.

But Russian President Vladimir Putin must have missed that memo.

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