- U.S. senators have introduced legislation to impose stiff new Russian sanctions, including restrictions on new sovereign debt transactions, energy and oil projects, uranium imports, and penalties on oligarchs.
- It also expresses strong support for NATO and would require that two-thirds of the Senate to vote in favor of any effort to leave the alliance.
- Russian markets reacted quickly to the measure, with the ruble slumping toward two-week lows.
- ETFs: RSX, RUSL, RUSS, ERUS, RSXJ