10 minutes agoUS Treasury Secretary Calls for More Financial Pressure on Russia
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(4 years ago)US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is said to bypass the G20 financial meeting sessions this week, in protest of Ukraine's Russian occupation. Yellen is also expected to lobby with members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to increase financial pressure on Moscow, in retaliation for aggression [...]
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is said to bypass the G20 financial meeting sessions this week, in protest of Ukraine's Russian occupation.
Yellen is also expected to lobby with members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to increase financial pressure on Moscow in retaliation for their continued aggression.
In comments last week, Yelen condemned Vladimir Putin's unprotested attack on Ukraine”.
Until Putin wraps up his terrible election fight, the Biden administration will work with our partners to push Russia further towards economic, financial and strategic isolation”, she said, Klonkosova follows. tv
Her remarks echo that of President Joe Biden, who has said Russia should be excluded from G20 and international financial institutions.
Yellen will gather a panel today to discuss the international response to a food security crisis exacerbated by the Russian invasion, the Treasury Department said.
