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Joe Biden: “First, the United States will impose full blocking sanctions on Sberbank, by far the largest financial institution in…”

On the recordApril 5, 2022
First, the United States will impose full blocking sanctions on Sberbank, by far the largest financial institution in Russia and Alpha Bank, his largest private bank. We're locking down any accounts, any funds that those banks hold in the United States.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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President Biden announced new sanctions on Russian banks in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

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