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Ukrainian diaspora intends to seek more stringent sanctions against Russia
The head of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), Eugene Czolij, has said that his organization plans to seek more stringent sanctions against Russia.
"I want to assure you that we will continue to take all possible measures to ensure that the sanctions are more stringent, including the shutdown of the SWIFT system in the Russian Federation," he said during a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman in Kyiv on Friday, writes Interfax-Ukraine.
In addition, the UWC aims to obtain …
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Head of Germany's Christian Social Union in Bavaria party calls for lifting sanctions on Russia
The head of Germany’s Christian Social Union in Bavaria party and Bavaria’s Prime Minister, Horst Seehofer, stated that sanctions on Russia should be lifted as early as this year, TASS reported.
Seehofer’s party is an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats.
Speaking during an interview with Bild am Sonntag, Seehofer said, "The sanctions against Russia should be lifted as early as this year. Russia should also return to the G8 circle.”
"We need to abandon the bloc mentality as …