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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the tough new measures against Moscow after White House scrapped plans for talks with Putin

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The Trump administration has unleashed harsh new sanctions against Russia as President Donald Trump’s push for talks to bring about an end to Moscow’s four-year-old war against Ukraine appears to be at a standstill.