Sen. Bernie Sanders tore into Russian President Vladimir Putin for reportedly moving his super-yacht named Graceful earlier this month before his deadly assault on Ukraine.
U S Treasury Announces Unprecedented & Expansive Sanctions Against Russia, Imposing Swift and Severe Economic Costs marketswired.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from marketswired.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p><span>The United States took significant and unprecedented action to respond to Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine by imposing severe economic costs that will have both immediate and long-term effects on the Russian economy and financial system. The</span><b> </b><span>U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today imposed expansive economic measures, in partnership with allies and partners, that target the core infrastructure of the Russian financial system — including all of Russia’s largest financial institutions and the ability of state-owned and private entities to raise capital — and further bars Russia from the global financial system. The actions also target nearly 80 percent of all banking assets in Russia and will have a deep and long-lasting effect on the Russian economy and financial system.</span></p>
Russian troops have poured into Ukraine by land, air and sea. Ukraine said 57 of its citizens have been killed so far and more than 160 wounded as explosions wrack the country s major cities.