White House has ‘lost control on the Hill’ over Russian oil ban

Published March 5, 2022 11:15am ET



President Joe Biden is under pressure to punish Russia’s Vladimir Putin by banning Russian oil imports after the current slate of penalties failed to stop the invasion in Ukraine.

U.S. and European sanctions on Moscow have crippled its financial system. But Biden carved out an exemption on Russia’s oil and gas sector, which accounts for 36% of the country’s revenue, wary that a spike in gas prices could add to already record-high inflation.

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