Ukraine crisis: Obama orders ban on Crimea trade

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US President Barack Obama has ordered a ban on the export of goods, technology and services to Crimea.

Mr Obama said the move showed the US would never accept Russia's annexation of Crimea in March.

Similar measures agreed by the European Union earlier this week came into effect on Saturday. Canada announced its own sanction on Crimea on Friday.

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Mr Obama said in a statement: "The executive order is intended to provide clarity to US corporations doing business in the region and reaffirm that the United States will not accept Russia's occupation and attempted annexation of Crimea."

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The new measures also include sanctions on 24 Ukrainian and Russian individuals and on a number of companies deemed to be destabilising Ukraine. They include the Russian equity investment group, Marshall Capital Partners, and the Night Wolves biker group, over its involvement in Crimean military action.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30558502

These sanctions are not on Russia itself, only individuals of Russian and Ukrainian nationality.

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"The executive order is intended to provide clarity to US corporations doing business in the region and reaffirm that the United States will not accept Russia's occupation and attempted annexation of Crimea."