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World Business Report: First broadcast 2018/04/06 22:32 GMT: US Puts Fresh Sanctions on Russia

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US Puts Fresh Sanctions on Russia

First broadcast 2018/04/06 22:32 GMT

First broadcast 2018/04/06 22:32 GMT: US Puts Fresh Sanctions on Russia

BBC World Service - World Business Report, US Puts Fresh Sanctions on Russia

The US has targeted seven Russian oligarchs and 17 senior government officials.

The US has imposed sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs and 17 senior government officials, accusing them of "malign activity around the globe". We speak to Brian O'Toole from the Atlantic Council in Washington about the reasoning behind it. The BBC's Sammi Awami reports from Tanzania, where a twenty-four kilometre wall has been built to protect the country's unique gemstones from theft. Voters in Hungary go to the polls this weekend - will Prime Minister Viktor Orban be returned to office after bringing in tough immigration controls? The BBC's Nick Thorpe has been to find out what voters are thinking. And we look back at the work of Japanese film-director Isao Takahata, who died at the age of 82. Laura Orsini of Forbes Magazine tells us about his impact on the anime industry.
(Photo: US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Credit: Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images)

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