White House: New sanctions will hit Putin’s circle

By Michele Salcedo

Published April 27, 2014 9:18pm ET

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White House: New sanctions will hit Putin’s circle — Masked pro-Russian activists guard the entrance during their mass storming of a regional Television Centre in Donetsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Insurgents in Slovyansk have taken a number of people hostage, including journalists and pro-Ukraine activists, as they strengthen their control in the east of the country in defiance of the interim government in Kiev and its Western supporters. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) | Efrem Lukatsky

WASHINGTON (AP) — New penalties expected this week against Moscow for its actions against Ukraine will include steps against high-technology exports to the Russian defense industry and the companies controlled by those closest to President Vladimir Putin, a White House aide said Sunday.

Deputy national security adviser Tony Blinken said the U.S. and its allies will designate new sanctions against Putin’s inner circle that will have “a significant impact on the Russian economy.”

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