Gov. Mike DeWine signed an executive order Thursday requiring all state agencies, boards, commissions, universities and commissions to divest any money they have in Russian investments in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- , which lasts indefinitely, also directs all state entities to terminate any contracts with Russian institutions and companies and prohibit them from signing any new contracts in the future. It’s not immediately clear how much money state-level entities have in Russian investments, nor how much in contracts they have in total involving Russia, though the number could reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
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