Lawmakers press Biden for tougher Russia sanctions over Ukraine invasion
| Lawmakers in both parties wasted no time on Thursday pressing President Biden to impose tougher sanctions on Russia, saying the economic penalties levied to date don’t go far enough to punish President Vladimir Putin for his imperial designs on Ukraine.
Even Democratic allies urged Biden to go beyond the latest set of sanctions he unveiled earlier Thursday, which were aimed at curbing Russia’s access to foreign capital, hobbling the financial freedoms of Moscow’s wealthy elite, and preventing Putin’s military from obtaining the latest high-tech weapons systems. |
