By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union has banned top credit rating firms from rating Russia and the country’s companies as part of its latest sanctions package, the European Commission said on Tuesday. “These sanctions https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_22_1761 will further contribute to ramping up economic pressure on the Kremlin and cripple its ability to finance its invasion of Ukraine,” the Commission said in a statement, adding the package of measures had been “coordinated with international partners, notably the United States”. Neither the U.S. Treasur…