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Less Americans back Russia sanctions at expense of U.S. economy: poll

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A Safeway grocery store in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S., May 16, 2022. Americans brace for summer sticker shock as inflation continues to grow. /CFP

A Safeway grocery store in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S., May 16, 2022. Americans brace for summer sticker shock as inflation continues to grow. /CFP

People in the United States are less supportive of sanctions against Russia for its “special military operation” in Ukraine, if it backfires on the U.S. economy, as rampant inflation and other challenges worry them, according to a poll.

The poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 51 percent of U.S. adults say the sanctions on Russia should be limiting damage to the U.S. economy, while 45 percent of them say the nation’s bigger priority should be sanctioning Russia as effectively as possible.

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