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How oil funds Russia's war in Ukraine

The U.S. has had sanctions on Russian oil for more than a month, but others haven’t followed Washington’s lead. Oil money funds Moscow’s war effort and it flows thanks to controversial oil traders.

Julia Simon reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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