Senate unanimously votes to downgrade Russia's trade status, ban Russian oil and gas

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The Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to both strip Russia of its "most favored nation" trade status and ban the import of Russian oil and gas, CNBC reports.

The separate votes both came in at 100-0.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.