Obama Orders New Sanctions on Russian Officials

March 20 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said the U.S. is imposing financial sanctions on a wider swath of Russian officials and a Russian bank as he authorized further penalties that would directly target sectors of the Russian economy. Peter Cook reports on Bloomberg Television's "Market Makers." (Source: Bloomberg)

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