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Holding Russia and Belarus to Account [1]

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Date: 2023-05 

The United States, along with its allies and partners, works to ensure the Russian Federation and the Lukashenka regime in Belarus pay a severe economic and diplomatic price for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

With our allies and partners, we have taken these actions:

Applied powerful sanctions on Russia’s largest financial institutions and its sovereign wealth fund.

Made it difficult for Russia to find funding for its war beyond its borders.

Choked off Russian imports of key technologies.

Targeted the financial networks and assets of Russian and Belarusian elites, including President Putin and members of his security council.

There is nowhere for individuals or entities who support the unprovoked war to hide. We already see the effects of these actions, as the Russian and Belarusian economies stumble. With our allies and partners, we will continue to take strong economic and diplomatic actions.

We are also working with partners, including the Ukrainian authorities and international institutions, to pursue justice and accountability for war crimes and other atrocities committed in Ukraine. We will use every tool available to promote accountability for these acts, including criminal prosecutions.

These U.S. actions, to date, hold Russia and Belarus to account.

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