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Obama Extends Anti-Russian Sanctions

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US President Barack Obama has extended anti-Russian sanctions over developments in Ukraine for one more year, the White House said on Wednesday.

"The actions and policies addressed in the Executive Orders continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660, '' a document circulated by the White House reads, TASS reports.

The sanctions refer to a number of Russian citizens, including state officials, and to officials of the government of Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych, a number of Russian companies and businessmen, as well as the leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk Republic.



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