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TIGHTENING THE SCREWS

Biden Bans Russian Oil Imports to the U.S.

Biden said the oil embargo would target “the main artery of Russia’s economy.”

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The United States will no longer allow for the importation of Russian oil, President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday morning, the newest in a series of increasingly severe sanctions on Moscow following the invasion of Ukraine.

“Russian oil will no longer be accepted at U.S. ports,” Biden said in remarks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, the same location where the president has announced numerous economic measures since late February, each intended to punish Russia for its attempted occupation of neighboring Ukraine. “We will not be part of subsidizing Putin’s war.”

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