Moscow: Difficult to foresee scope of sanctions over Ukraine
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 11:56 | 02 March 2022
- Modified Date: 12:24 | 02 March 2022
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said on Wednesday it was difficult to foresee the scale and depth of Western sanctions the Russian economy in response to Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine, the Interfax news agency reported.
Western countries have taken unprecedented measures to isolate Russia's economy and financial system over its invasion of Ukraine, including sanctions on its central bank and the exclusion of some of its lenders from global payments system SWIFT.
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