US Announces Export Curbs on Belarus, Russian Oil Refining Equipment

US Announces Export Curbs on Belarus, Russian Oil Refining Equipment
President Joe Biden delivers remarks about Russia's “unprovoked and unjustified" military invasion of neighboring Ukraine in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 24, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled a wave of export controls targeting oil refining, a key revenue source that supports the Russian military, a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin began his invasion of neighboring Ukraine.

The White House outlined additional economic costs on Russia and Belarus in response to Putin’s “brutal” invasion of Ukraine. 
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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