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By Steve Holland, Guy Faulconbridge and Dmitry Antonov WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies have prepared a list of Russian elites in or near President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle to punish with sanctions if Russia sends troops into Ukraine, a senior U.S. official said on Monday. Britain urged Putin to “step back from the brink” after the Russian buildup of troops near Ukraine stoked fears of war, and also warned that any incursion would trigger sanctions against companies and people with close links to the Kremlin. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the British war…