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The move, which will be announced on Friday, comes after attempts by the United States to curb Russia’s access to supplies that it needs to build more missiles and other weapons have proved to be unsuccessful.

But an illicit network of traders and smugglers, working with the assistance of shadowy financial firms, has been helping Russia gain access to banned products that it needs to restock its military arsenal.

On Friday, President Biden will sign an executive order giving the Treasury Department the authority to impose sanctions on banks and other financial institutions that are enabling these elicit transactions and allowing smugglers to get paid.

Senior administration officials described the new powers as a tool that would allow the United States to throw sand in the gears of Russia’s military industrial complex.

But administration officials said they expected that the threat of new sanctions would encourage American and European financial firms to exert pressure on banks in other countries to steer clear of Russian smuggling schemes.

As part of that beefed-up policy, other participants in the energy trade supply chain will have to be ready to provide more information about ancillary costs, such as shipping fees, that traders have been inflating to disguise higher prices that are being paid for Russian oil.

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