US broadens scope of sanctions on Russia

The US Treasury placed more Russian companies at the risk of facing sanctions by broadening the scope of its sanctions on Russia, in a memo released Wednesday.

The change means that a firm would be affected if any combination of sanctioned individuals collectively owned at least 50 percent of it, reports
Bloomberg.

Sweeping EU sanctions against Russia (31 July 2014)

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