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Barack Obama: Russia's action in Ukraine and the sanctions that we've already imposed have made a weak Russian economy even weaker.

On the recordJuly 28, 2014
Russia's action in Ukraine and the sanctions that we've already imposed have made a weak Russian economy even weaker.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama comments on the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy due to its actions in Ukraine.

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