Originally Published: February 25, 2022 – Updated: March 8, 2022 U.S. economic sanctions against Russian interests have been building in response to the developing.
President Biden issued an Executive Order prohibiting the importation of Russian-origin oil, liquified natural gas LNG, and coal into the United States and prohibiting US persons from making new investments in Russia’s energy sector.
On March 2, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the launch of Task Force KleptoCapture, an interagency law enforcement task force dedicated to enforcing the unprecedented sanctions.
With military troops from the Russian Federation and aligned forces moving further into Ukraine, efforts were attempted – but failed, with Russia blamed – to establish ceasefire agreements that would allow Ukrainian civilians to evacuate Mariupol and Volnovakha.