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Washington’s five Puget Sound refineries in 2021 imported $700 million of Russian crude oil, equal to just under 5% of their annual processing capacity, according to an analysis of federal import information by the Seattle-based Sightline Institute. In the aftermath of Russia President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, President Joe Biden on Tuesday morning announced a ban on Russian oil imports into the United States. “We will not be part of subsidizing Putin’s war,” Biden said in White House remarks. The five Puget Sound refineries largely process North American crude from Alaska,…