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America's top treasury official has told Russia that no economic agreements are possible until its war in Ukraine stops. Scott Bessent met the Russian finance minister, Anton Siluanov, at a G20 meeting in North Carolina. Britain also doubled penalties for sanctions breaches, with fines now increasing to 100% of the value.
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