Biden announces new sanctions on Russian oligarchs, including travel ban | AFP

The United States will impose new sanctions on Russian oligarchs, including a travel ban, Joe Biden announces at a Cabinet meeting in the White House. The United States and its European allies intend to inflict financial pain on the Russian elite as a way to get to Putin, who has made himself all-powerful during two decades in power and seemingly invulnerable to outside pressure.

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