The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden plans to spare everyday Russians from the brunt of U.S. export controls if Moscow invades Ukraine, and focus on targeting industrial sectors, a White House official said.
¡°Key people¡± will also face ¡°massive sanctions¡± a top Commerce official said in a separate speech Friday.
The comments narrow the scope of potential curbs on imports to Russia that had previously been described as disrupting Russia¡¯s economy more broadly, hitting industrial sectors and consumer technologies like smartphones.
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