UK's Boris Johnson announces Russia sanctions to ‘squeeze’ Moscow out of global economy
- China has ramped up purchases into its #oil reserves this year even as oil prices soared, despite calls from Washington for a global coordinated stocks release to help cool the market
- U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the U.K. government will freeze assets of all major Russian banks and block Russian entities from raising money on U.K. markets
- The #Biden administration and its European allies vowed to block Moscow’s access to its sizable foreign currency reserves in the West, teeing up the one of the most powerful financial penalties
- The last session saw #BTC drop 0.8% against USD
- The last session saw #XAU drop 0.7% against #USD
- #WTIUSD dove 2.9% in the last session
