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Mar 11 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
JUST IN: New US sanctions vs #Russia's elites to include:

- family of #Kremlin spokesman Dmitriy Peskov
- billionaire Viktor Vekselberg
- management board of VTB Bank
- #Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin & 11 other Duma members who lobbied for recognition of DNR & LNR
.@USTreasury's new sanctions further isolates the severely damaged Russian economy by prohibiting trade in products that are key to the economic & financial interests of all Russian elites" per @SecYellen
More from @USTreasury on new US sanction vs #Russia... Image
And more details on the new US sanctions vs #Russia's elite... ImageImageImageImage
Note: Vekselberg was previously designated in 2018

Per @USTreasury Vekselberg's being redesignated "for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of...the GoR, & also for operating or having operated in the technology sector of the Russian Federation economy"

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