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US will target Russian defense sector, lawmakers, and elites with new sanctions

By Katherine Doyle
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US will target Russian defense sector, lawmakers, and elites with new sanctions
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A man walks past a wall with posters depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, March 24, 2022. Ukraine President Volodymr Zelenskyy called on people worldwide to gather in public Thursday to show support for his embattled country as he prepared to address U.S. President Joe Biden and other NATO leaders gathered in Brussels on the one-month anniversary of the Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

BRUSSELS — The United States will impose new sanctions on Russian defense companies and hundreds of lawmakers and elites in response to President Vladimir Putin’s military assault on Ukraine.

The measures add new weight to the slate of coordinated sanctions that Western allies have already imposed on Russia, driving the nation’s currency into the ground, prompting businesses to flee Russian markets, and launching a crackdown on the villas and yachts of wealthy oligarchs.

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