New sanctions on Russia, including financial sanctions on additional Russian banks that will immobilize about a billion dollars of assets,
Sanctions on Russian oligarchs and elites are being extended to their families to prevent them from evading the sanctions by transferring assets to them.
USA will extend Russian sanctions by ending imports of Russian gas, crude oil and refined products. Convincing allies to implement these new sanctions on Russia will be difficult because they rely on much larger volumes of imports, and replacing their imports of Russian gas and petroleum products will be much more difficult.
Russian suppression of internal opposition to the war:
Anti-war protests in Russia have encountered heavy handed suppression by police, and Russia is blocking access to Western media, threatening journalists with heavy jail time for negative news or opinions about Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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