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Minnesota Gov. Walz orders state to terminate Russian contracts

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FILE - Anti-aircraft artillery is fired into the skies over Novi Sad, some 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Belgrade, in the early morning hours of May 3, 1999. Well before Russian tanks and troops rolled into Ukraine, Vladimir Putin was using the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s to ostensibly offer justification for the invasion of a sovereign European country. The Russian president has been particularly focused on NATO’s bombardment of Serbia in 1999 and the West’s acceptance of Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008. He claims both created an illegal precedent that shattered international law and order, apparently giving him an excuse to invade Ukraine. (AP Photo, File)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz directed state agencies to terminate any contracts with Russian entities to punish the country for invading Ukraine.

Walz issued an executive order Firday directing more than two dozen state agencies to end their contracts. He also asked his cabinet not to enter into any future contracts with Russian entities to ensure the state doesn’t aid what he called “the Russian government’s aggression against Ukraine.”

Walz spokesman Teddy Tschann said state agencies will review their business deals but administrators believe they have few, if any, contracts with Russian agencies.

President Joe Biden has directed U.S. financial systems to sever ties with Russia’s largest banks and impose sanctions on Russian elites and their family members in an effort to hurt the Russian economy and military operations. About a dozen U.S. governors are already reviewing or cutting financial ties with Russian companies.

Walz’s order is effective within 15 days of being issued and registered with the state, and will remain in place until the governor rescinds the directive.

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