
U.S., Europe Ramp Up Sanctions on Russia, Plan More in Case of Military Escalation – The Wall Street Journal
The Biden administration said it would impose sanctions on the company behind the Nord Stream 2 natural-gas pipeline while diplomats said the European Union sanctioned Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the country’s Internet Research Agency and several other high-profile Russian officials.
The moves are part of the first wave of measures that governments in Washington, Brussels and London say will be a coordinated package of fuller sanctions should Russia escalate military tensions in Ukraine.