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5:30 PM ET, February 28, 2022

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New York Times:
Sanctions Leave Russian Economy Reeling  —  Delegations from Kyiv and Moscow met in Belarus, even as Ukraine said dozens were killed in a Russian rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city.  The Treasury Department announced a freeze on Russian Central Bank assets.
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Ben Judah / Slate:
The Terrible Truth So Many Experts Missed About Russia  —  Vladimir Putin didn't always rule his country alone.  Now he does, and the dictator appears to care little about the consequences of his actions.  —  The belief that Vladimir Putin was bluffing, that he would never give the order …
Michael Rubin / Washington Examiner:
Putin's next invasion will be sooner than you think
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Bloomberg:
U.S. Bans Transactions With Russian Central Bank, Wealth Fund  —  President Joe Biden's administration on Monday banned U.S. people and companies from doing business with the Bank of Russia, the Russian National Wealth Fund and the Ministry of Finance.  —  The moves by the U.S. Treasury's Office …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Watching the Russian Economy Collapse before Our Eyes
Discussion: WAVY-TV
Natasha Turak / CNBC:
Russia central bank more than doubles key interest rate to 20% to boost sinking ruble
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Prohibits Transactions with Central Bank of Russia and Imposes Sanctions on Key Sources of Russia's Wealth
Yun Li / CNBC:
Bill Ackman says it's time for U.S. troops to defend Ukraine and set a ‘real red line’
Discussion: Fox News, American Purpose and Insider
New York Times:
The West's Plan to Isolate Putin: Undermine the Ruble
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: 74 percent of Americans call Russia's Ukraine invasion unjustified  —  46th and current president of the United States  —  In the opening days of the war in Ukraine, the fractious American public is remarkably united in opposition to Russia's invasion, with 74 percent saying the breach …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The tide has turned against the Russia apologists — and the neutrals  —  For the better part of five-plus years, Donald Trump attempted to inject some nuance into the GOP's posture toward Russia.  It was a partially a strategy of necessity — given how Russia's 2016 election interference loomed …
Discussion: The Independent
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Russian oligarchs move yachts as U.S. looks to ‘hunt down’ and freeze assets  — Some of Russia's wealthiest are moving their superyachts, potentially with the hope they can avoid having those items seized.  — Data reviewed by CNBC from Marine Traffic shows that at least four massive yachts owned …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Local
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Nick Cumming-Bruce / New York Times:
Switzerland says it will freeze Russian assets, setting aside a tradition of neutrality.  —  GENEVA — Switzerland, a favorite destination for Russian oligarchs and their money, announced on Monday that it would freeze Russian financial assets in the country, setting aside a deeply rooted tradition …
Politico:
McConnell speaks out against Greene and Gosar's appearance at white nationalist event  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is condemning fellow Republicans who engage with white nationalist groups, just days after GOP Reps. Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke at the extremist-backed America …
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Axios:
Scoop: Zelensky pushes Biden on no-fly zone  —  Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging President Biden and NATO to impose a “no-fly zone” over “significant parts” of the country, telling Axios in a statement that Ukraine “can beat the aggressor” if the Western allies “do their part.”
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Stern: Trump shouldn't praise ‘f—ing animal’ Putin  —  Howard Stern is ripping former President Trump for his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the Ukrainian invasion, saying Republicans should never commend such an “enemy of humanity.”  —  “I used to love the Republicans …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Maxwell Strachan / VICE:
Crypto Exchanges Refuse to Freeze All Russian Accounts  —  Binance, the world's largest exchange, said “unilaterally” banning users “would fly in the face of the reason why crypto exists.”  —  MS  —  Faced with a request by Ukrainian leadership to freeze the accounts of all people in Russia and Belarus …
David Ferrara / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
VIDEO: Nevada governor, first lady accosted, threatened at Las Vegas restaurant  —  ......We hope you appreciate our content.  Subscribe Today to continue reading this story, and all of our stories.  —  A video obtained Sunday night by the Las Vegas Review-Journal shows Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak …
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and Political Wire
Aviva Abusch / Deutch, Ted:
Rep. Deutch Announcement on the 2022 Election  —  f t # e  —  (Washington) Today, U.S. Representative Ted Deutch (FL-22), Chair of the House Committee on Ethics, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Rep. Deutch to leave House to lead Jewish advocacy organization
Discussion: CNN, Politico, NBC News and Washington Times
Tariq Panja / New York Times:
FIFA Suspends Russia, Ejecting It From World Cup Qualifying  —  World soccer's global governing body suspended Russia and its teams from all competitions on Monday, ejecting the country from qualifying for the 2022 World Cup only weeks before it was to play for one of Europe's final places in this year's tournament in Qatar.
Ty Ross / Occupy Democrats:
MUMBO JUMBO: Trump's former Acting Attorney General just destroyed his election fraud claims  —  Undercover journalist Lauren Windsor has struck again, convincing Trump's former Acting Attorney General to spill the beans that his former boss' election fraud claims are all “mumbo jumbo gunk.”
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Prominent conservative judge who advised Pence on the 2020 election endorses Biden's Supreme Court nominee  —  The Biden White House is getting a major endorsement for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson from a prominent conservative.
Discussion: Insider
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
How Immigration Politics Is Driving Some Texas Hispanics to the G.O.P.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump's brand of populism has been widely viewed as an appeal to white voters.  But similar grievances have resonated in the Rio Grande Valley in a profound way.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
How Russia's Nobel-Winning Newspaper Is Covering Ukraine  —  “We continue to call war war,” Dmitry Muratov, the editor of Novaya Gazeta, said.  “We are waiting for the consequences.”  —  Last year, Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta …
Financial Times:
EU freezes assets of Russia's leading oligarchs and allies of Putin  —  Alfa Group's Mikhail Fridman, financier Alisher Usmanov and Rosneft's Igor Sechin on Brussels blacklist  —  The EU has frozen the assets and imposed a travel ban on more than half a dozen of Russia's most prominent oligarchs …
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Fox News's Jennifer Griffin fully loses her patience with Fox's Ukraine punditry  —  Among the many times in which punditry can go very wrong, few rank as high as wartime.  And nothing demonstrates that better than some corners of Fox News right now.  Tucker Carlson has spent years suggesting maybe Vladimir Putin isn't a bad guy.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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