The Kremlin has responded to Biden about sanctions against Putin-Russia

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“Politically, it’s not painful, it’s destructive,” said Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who said the sanctions would have no effect.

Biden has threatened Putin with personal sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine

Asked yesterday by a journalist whether he would personally consider sanctions against the Russian president, Biden said yes. If Russia “takes over the whole country” or “even much less” than that, there will be “huge consequences” and that will “change the world,” he said. However, he did not specify what the possible sanctions against Putin would be.

When Washington imposes sanctions on foreign officials, they usually freeze their funds and ban transactions with the United States. Peskov pointed out that Russian law generally prohibits high-ranking officials from owning assets abroad, so such measures are “not at all painful” for the authorities.