Singapore is a rare Southeast Asian nation to impose sanctions on Russia. Biden will hold press conference with Singapore's PM later today

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The sanctions include restrictions on some exports and a ban on financial institutions from doing business with Russian banks.

I'll post the video of the press conf on this thread for ya

Biden, Singapore's prime minister to discuss Ukraine, Indo-Pacific security

Trade, climate change and the global Covid response are also on the agenda for the White House meeting, a senior administration official said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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"in Singapore, a senior government official told me casually over drinks that Asia had moved on from America, speaking as if this gleaming capitalist construction had almost been seamlessly handed off to the Chinese" - Ben Rhodes, Obama speechwriter