Via Reuters:
International payment systems Visa and MasterCard said the new U.S. sanctions did not affect their operations in Russia.
Paul Goble quotes extensively from a piece by Russian scholar Vladimir Pasthukov in polit.ru describing Putin as the "'Last Soldier' Of A Dying Empire."
President Poroshenko used a speech yesterday marking Ukraine's declaration of sovereignty 24 years ago to assure the country that while "today our country is enduring an ordeal, but I firmly believe the Ukrainian people respond with decency to all challenges. We will win. A sovereign and united Ukraine will become a modern European state -- wealthy and powerful," according to the National Security and Defense Council's Information-Analytical Center's website.
Sanctions targets and broader Russian market taking it on the chin this morning.
h/t @RolandOliphant