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Jan van der Made

G7 agrees sanctions to 'starve Russia's war machine' while checking China

US President Joe Biden, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British PM Rishi Sunak, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida at the Itsukushima Shrine during G7 summit in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan May 19, 2023. © Reuters

Leaders from the Group of Seven nations agreed new sanctions on Friday intended to "starve Russia of G7 technology, industrial equipment and services that support its war machine".

The move comes after the United States, Britain and the European Union all announced fresh efforts to turn the screws on Moscow, 15 months into Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

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