dangerous." But despite setbacks, Andrew Lohsen, a Russia expert at the Center for Strategic and

Brendan Smialowski/ AFP via Getty Images President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House about Russian military activity near Ukraine, Feb.... It can no longer raise money from the West and can not trade in its new debt on our markets or European markets either," he said. Starting Wednesday, he said," we'll also impose sanctions on Russia's elites and their family members.... They were coordinated." MORE: Biden responds with limited sanctions after Putin recognizes breakaway Ukr

It made foreign allies uneasy at the end of an otherwise successful trip aimed at uniting allies against Russia, and has raised fresh questions about the United States' long-term strategy for its former Cold War foe.... On his recent European trip, Biden said the United States would respond" in kind" if Russia used chemical weapons in Ukraine and suggested that U.S. troops would go to the frontlines, neither of which represent U.S. policy.... In the minutes before he called for Putin's departu