“Joe Biden's sanctions on Russia “are riddled with loopholes and don't even start for 30 days. They have carve outs for the energy and financial sectors.”
What PolitiFact found
Some of the U.S. sanctions against Russia took immediate effect, while some were phased in over 30 days. The energy sector was largely spared, but banks were targeted directly.
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In short
Mike Gibbons (2022 Republican Ohio U.S. Senate candidate) made this claim around 1 March 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 March 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Mike Gibbons has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
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