US, EU Impose New Sanctions on Russia

The European Union and the United States have imposed a new package of economic sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine.   The new EU sanctions that went into effect Friday target firms in Russia's energy sector, including Rosneft, Russia's largest oil company, Gazprom Neft, the oil unit of Russia's giant natural gas monopoly Gazprom, and Transneft, Russia's pipeline operator, and three large defense firms, preventing the companies from raising money in...

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