The Biden administration has identified several elite Russian government officials and business leaders that the US intends to sanction if Russia invades Ukraine, a senior administration official told CNN.
The official said"specific sanctions packages" have been developed against Russian elites"in or near the inner circles of the Kremlin and play a role in government decision-making, or are at a minimum complicit in the Kremlin's destabilizing behavior." Their families would be sanctioned too, the official said.
" Read MoreThe sanctions being developed against the senior Russian officials, business leaders and other elites are just one part of a range of consequences the US says it is prepared to impose on Russia if it moves to attack, the official said.
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