Patricia Dreher
The US, UK and EU have announced new sanctions on Russia, two years after its invasion of Ukraine.
The measures also marked a week since the death in custody of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
President Vladimir Putin has claimed European sanctions have done Russia no harm, saying: “We have growth, and they have decline.”
The International Energy Agency says Russia is still exporting 8.3 million barrels of oil a day – having increased supplies to India and China.
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