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Joe Biden said the new sanctions on more than 400 Russian individuals and entities would further the west’s goal of making Vladimir Putin’s allies suffer financial consequences for the war in Ukraine.
“They personally gain from the Kremlin’s policies, and they should share in the pain,” the US president said on Twitter.