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Why the no-fly zone won’t fly | The Hill Times

Published: 2 March 2022

March 1, 2022 | For The Hill Times' Politics This Morning daily summary, director Chris Ragan explains the nuances of Canada and other G7 countries' plan on imports and barring foreign currency exchanges with Russia's central bank. The invasion and the corresponding Western sanctions led currency traders to dump the ruble, and Russians to line up at ATMs to take their cash out of banks amid the uncertainty. “You might be hurting Russia as a whole, but you’re also hurting Russians,” said Ragan.

Read the article - Ragan's section is entitled "Economic sanctions 101".

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