Too big to sanction? U.S. struggles with punishing large Russian businesses.

Too big to sanction? U.S. struggles with punishing large Russian businesses.

By Jeanne Whalen, Global business reporter

John Hudson, Reporter

August 26

When the Treasury Department imposed tough sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and his companies in April, the fallout for the Putin ally was fast and fierce.

Western customers stopped buying from the... 

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