Contents tagged with USA
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U.S. and UK impose sanctions on Lukashenko’s associates
The U.S. imposed sanctions on 43 citizens of Belarus in response to the sentencing of two journalists of Belsat TV channel, as well as crackdown on peaceful protesters, pro-democracy activists, and journalists.
The names of those sanctioned have not been published, but it is specified that they are "high-ranking justice sector officials; law enforcement leaders and rank-and-file personnel who detained and abused peaceful demonstrators; judges and prosecutors involved in sentencing peaceful …
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U.S. may ban recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea
A bill has been submitted to the U.S. Congress, which prohibits the U.S. government from recognizing Russia's sovereignty over annexed Crimea.
The author of the document, which was published on the website of the U.S. Congress, is the representative of the Democratic Party from Virginia, Gerry Connolly.
"To prohibit United States Government recognition of the Russian Federation's claim of sovereignty over Crimea, and for other purposes," the document reads.
The text of the document has not …
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Kremlin: Russia prepares for 'a serious conversation' with U.S.
Russia is preparing for a "serious conversation" with the U.S. over Washington’s response to the arrest of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
According to Zakharova, Washington should mind "its own business". She sterssed that the rhetoric that America supposedly allows itself about Russia will not be able to help in relations between the countries.
At the same time, she said that differences between Russia and the United …
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U.S. prepares sanctions against Russia over Navalny’s sentence
The U.S. will prepare a package of sanctions against Russia in connection with the case of Alexei Navalny, who was poisoned in August with Novichok nerve agent and on Tuesday sent to the penal colony for 2 years and 8 months, said Republican Senator Mitt Romney, who represents Utah and is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
"Strong leaders don’t have to jail adversaries to maintain power. First, Alexei Navalny was poisoned, and when unsuccessful, the Putin regime has now jailed him …
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Washington promises to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, during a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, that Washington is ready to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine.
"Anthony Blinken assured Dmytro Kuleba of the readiness of the new U.S. administration to develop strong economic and military support for Ukraine, including the provision of lethal weapons," reported the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on its website.
In addition, Kuleba stressed the importance of involving the …
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Russian tycoon Vekselberg claims $1.5 billion frozen in his foreign accounts
Russian oligarch, the founder of Renova Group, Viktor Vekselberg said that more than $1.5 billion of his funds were blocked in the foreign accounts after U.S. sanctions were imposed against him.
According to the billionaire, these funds can be used only with the permission of the U.S. Treasury Department, but the agency does not give consent regardless of how this money will be used.
"They didn't even allow to give anything to charities fighting the pandemic, even though it was about …
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U.S. plans to hand over to Kyiv details of investigation into Ukrainian oligarchs
Washington will hand over to Kyiv details of investigation into the activities of Ukrainian oligarchs, said Daniel Fried, former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, reports the Ukrainian news outlet Espreso.
According to Fried, he expects that the American President Joe Biden will make sure that the Ukrainian leadership continues these investigations.
Fried stressed that the new U.S. administration wants to block illegal funds coming into the United States.
"Joe …
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U.S. Ambassador rules out possibility of easing sanctions against Russia
The United States and the European Union do not intend to ease the sanctions imposed on Russia after the annexation of Crimea, said the United States Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan on the TV channel Dozhd.
"We will not ease sanctions, in any case neither the U.S. nor our allies and partners intend to ease the sanctions imposed as a result of these events," Sullivan said.
According to him, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron are "deeply committed to finding …
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CITIbank blocks Russia’s money transfer to Latin America
Citibank has blocked the money transfer of the Russian Foreign Ministry to Latin America, said the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova.
The bank, which is the top 5 U.S. bank in terms of its assets, acted as an intermediary in the transaction. “The bankers had questions about the money transfer of the Foreign Ministry: first they asked for a lot of additional information, and then, after two weeks of delay, they returned the money to the sender - that is, the Russian side,” …
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Biden not set to improve relations with Putin
U.S. President Joe Biden instructed the intelligence agencies to prepare a report on Russia with a "full assessment" of the situation around Alexei Navalny and cyberattacks on the U.S. government, said White House press secretary Jen Psaki at a briefing on Thursday.
"While we are working with Russia to advance U.S. interests, we are also working to hold Russia accountable for its reckless and hostile actions. To that end, the President instructed the intelligence community to conduct a full …