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US Sanctions Target Russian Oligarchs

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Oleg Deripaska, who is close to President Putin, is among those under new US sanctions

The latest round of sanctions imposed by the United States against Russia targets seven Russian oligarchs and 12 companies they own or control, as well as seventeen Russian government officials. Also in the programme: Brazil's former President Lula da Silva ignores a court order to go to jail; and a look back at the life of a free jazz pioneer Cecil Taylor.

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