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From the Biden administration filter the first details on the sanctions being studied against Moscow in the event of an attack. The list of targets includes: banks such as VTB, Sberbank and Gazprombank; state-owned companies such as Sogaz (insurance) or Sovcomflot (energy shipments); trade in new government debt securities; import of advanced microelectronics.  The main idea is to prevent Russia from raising over $100 billion from the markets, to devalue the ruble and trigger inflation that hits  consumer goods.