WASHINGTON - A top U.S. official says economic sanctions continue to be the most powerful leverage Washington has over Russia, and that those measures have thwarted potential Russian efforts to seize larger swaths of Ukrainian territory, including the capital.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Nuland says Russia feeling ‘pain’ of US sanctions
US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland makes a statement to the press at the US embassy in Athens on March 11, 2016
