U.S. slaps sanctions on Russia over annexation of swath of Ukraine


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People gather near a screen showing Russian President Vladimir Putin during the broadcast of a ceremony to declare the annexation of the Russian-controlled territories of four Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, after holding what Russian authorities called referendums in the occupied areas of Ukraine that were condemned by Kyiv and governments worldwide, in Luhansk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia over its declared annexation of a swath of Ukraine, targeting hundreds of people and companies, including those in Russia's military-industrial complex and...