Sanctions

"The only pressure that Putin would respond to," Clinton said, would be tougher sanctions against the oligarchs with close ties to Vladimir Putin.

It was the highest demand for cash by Russians since the end of March 2020 at the onset of the COVID pandemic.

Beijing previously said it understood Russia's "reasonable concern on security issues."

Lawmakers said the sanctions should have gone further in targeting Vladimir Putin himself and kicking Russia out of SWIFT.

"If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States or Europe?" Dmitry Rogozin wrote.

John Herbst said that while the U.S. doesn't need to send troops to Ukraine, the White House should have sent major weapons back in the spring of 2021.

The president warned of "severe sanctions on Russia" and promised support for Ukraine in statements overnight.

Lisa Boothe added that "woke BS" and a "dementia patient for president" also helped contribute to Putin launching his attack on Ukraine.

The president will speak with U.S. allies on Thursday amid promises of harsh sanctions against Russia.

Explosions have been heard around the country after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation.

Biden said the U.S. and its allies "will be imposing severe sanctions on Russia" for its "flagrant aggression."

The report claimed that Russia "has avoided the worst so far."

Pres. Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have stopped plans to open the pipeline running under the Baltic Sea, dealing a major blow to the Kremlin.

Ted Cruz's office announced Cruz would lift his hold on President Joe Biden's State Department nominees.

"There is no doubt that the sanctions imposed against us will hurt the global financial and energy markets," the ambassador posted on Facebook.

"The lesson that came out of World War II [was] that if you don't stop a tyrant now, that ultimately you will have to face him later," Leon Panetta said.

The U.S. "is once again reflexively grasping restrictive instruments that are ineffective and counterproductive...," Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Vladimir Putin sending Russian troops into Ukraine meant "the situation has fundamentally changed," Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.

The president has already signed an executive action imposing sanctions on two breakaway Ukrainian regions.

The executive order will "provide authority to impose sanctions on any person determined to operate in those areas of Ukraine," Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.

"His decision should immediately be met with forceful sanctions to destroy the ruble and crush the Russian oil and gas sector," said the senator on Twitter.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is gambling that his country can withstand the severe economic sanctions that would come with an attack on Ukraine.

Economic sanctions imposed on Russia if it attacked Ukraine would be "crippling," U.S. State Department Counselor Derek Chollet said.

U.S. sanctions announcements are nothing but an exercise in virtue signaling.

"That act is called cannibalism, because you're literally robbing a part from one airplane putting in another one to make it work," an expert told Newsweek.

Welcome to "Londongrad," a sanctions safe-haven for Putin's Kleptocrats—but for how much longer?

The Russian embassy in Washington said it would not "back away" in face of American sanctions.

U.K. foreign secretary Liz Truss said sanctions are being widened to allow "more Russian interests that are of direct relevance to the Kremlin" to be targeted.

Russia has sent nearly 100,000 troops to the eastern border of Ukraine, and Western powers fear an invasion could be imminent.

Trump's remarks came after Russia recently told the U.S. to stop providing military aid to Ukraine.