President Barack Obama is to sign a bill authorising new sanctions on Russia and offering further aid to Ukraine, despite concerns that it could cause a rift with Washington's European allies.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Financial Times: US risks EU rift on new Russia sanctions
A woman speaks on her mobile phone next to a screen displaying Sberbank's, the largest state-owned bank in Russia, shares quotation in Moscow on Dec. 16, 2014.
