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U.S. turns up heat on Russian banking system with new sanctions
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Kyle Brasseur2022-02-24T22:51:00
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced expanded sanctions against Russia affecting 80 percent of all banking assets in the country following its further invasion of Ukraine.
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