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Tracking sanctions against Russia
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The latest sanctions and actions taken against Russia by countries, major companies and organisations
By Minami Funakoshi, Hugh Lawson and Kannaki Deka
Published March 9, 2022
Updated March 10, 2022
Russia faces deepening isolation and economic turmoil as it continues to be hit with an array of sanctions that effectively cut off Moscow’s major financial institutions from Western markets.
The country’s large banks are deeply integrated into the global financial system and it is one of the world’s biggest energy producers, meaning sanctions against Russia could disrupt economies around the world.
Reuters is tracking government sanctions and actions against Russia taken by large companies and organisations around the world in the lead up to and following its invasion of Ukraine.
Sanctions by countries
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Prosecution now presenting a victim impact statement on behalf of the City of Chicago and Chicago Police Department: "This has cost the city well over $100,000 dollars… during this period [of investigation] police and detectives put in over 1,000 hours [of labor]."
V.I.S., cont.: It claims that Smollett falsely reporting hate crimes will have "a tremendous chilling effect" on real hate crime victims coming forward; also asks for the city and CPD to be reimbursed for the costs of the $130k+ investigation into Smollett's claims.
Defense has called Rich Daniels, Smollett's friend and the former Music Director for the Empire TV show, to testify about Smollett's character. Daniels said Smollett donated a great deal of time to charitable non-profits, as well as a public school on Chicago's South Side.
"He's a very caring and loving young man," Daniels said. "He covered all the bases of time, treasure and talent" in giving back to the community, he added.
Defense is asking if Daniels would be willing to supervise Smollett if he received probation instead of prison time, to which Daniels answers, "absolutely. Be glad to."
Daniels is dismissed.
Defense now bringing another character witness to the stand: Sharon Gelman, former Exec. Director for the activist organization "Artists for a New South Africa." She calls Smollett "like family."
"Anything that needed doing, Jussie was willing to do it," Gelman said, regarding Smollett's work with her organization.
Gelman is dismissed. Defense calls Smollett's older brother, Joel Smollett Jr., to read a statement.
Joel asks Linn for leniency is sentencing his brother, calling him a "beacon of hope" for his community and pointing out the ambient issues of racism and inequality that surround the case.
"He is not a threat to the people of Illinois… the crime he is accused of is not even considered a felony in most states," Joel says, arguing that another young Black man shouldn't be fed to the US' racist carceral system.
"There's been a lot of talk about restoring public trust. In my opinion, you don't restore public trust… with a stiff jail sentence."
Joel also says that for the low-income, Black and Latino neighborhoods which surround the courthouse, giving Smollett jail time won't restore public trust in the legal system.
Joel concludes his statement; Jussie Smollett's grandmother Molly Smollett takes the stand to give her own. She says her grandson is a kind, generous young man, a "justice warrior," who has been wrongly slandered by the media.
"I ask you not to send him to prison, if you do, send me along with him," Molly says, concluding her statement.
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''Ok, who had Ukraine and Holocaust on your Smollett sentencing Bingo Card?''
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