US warns Russia of further sanctions

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Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics

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The US has prepared a new list of sanctions against Russia that it says it will implement if the Kremlin fails to pull its troops from the border with eastern Ukraine.

Last month the US placed restrictions on influential Russian businessmen and blacklisted a bank. 

President Barack Obama has now raised the idea of targeting sanctions at entire sectors of Russia's economy, such as oil and mining, but that could also impact US companies.

Al Jazeera's Patty Culhane reports.

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