Russia and Ukraine: US, Canada, UK and EU impose direct sanctions on Putin and his Foreign Minister Lavrov

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Sergei Lavrov and Vladimir Putin received sanctions from the US, Canada, the UK and the EU.

The United States, Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom have ordered personal sanctions once morest Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The assets of both will be frozen in these countries and, in the case of the US, a travel ban will also be imposed on that country.

The announcement came on the second day of the Russian attack on its neighbor.

Such punitive measures once morest leaders are rare. The EU has only imposed sanctions on the presidents of Syria and Belarusfor example.

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