Paul Ryan calls for sanctions against Russian oligarchs

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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan called on the Obama administration to hit Russian oligarchs with sanctions in response to Russia’s military occupation of Ukraine‘s Crimea region.

“There are vulnerabilities within Russia that [Russian President Vladimir Putin] has politically that can be exploited,” the Wisconsin Republican told CBS‘s “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “I think we should consider targeting some of the oligarchs around him that are his enablers and he is their enablers.”

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