Contents tagged with Sanctions
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As head of the OSCE, Austria will seek to ease the sanctions against Russia
Austria intends to take advantage of the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in order to ease the European Union’s sanctions against Russia. "We must restore trust in Europe, and transform the sanctions from a system of punishment to a system of incentives," the Foreign Minister of Austria, Sebastian Kurz, said in an interview with Der Spiegel, excerpts of which were published on the website of the edition on Friday, December 30th.
Since the beginning …
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Senator Lindsey Graham: US is preparing more sanctions on Russia over cyberattacks
During his visit to Kyiv, US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said Washington is preparing to impose a new set of sanctions against Russia due to the Kremlin’s alleged involvement in cyberattacks against US political institutions, Radio Svoboda reported.
"Next year we are going to present new sanctions… which will hit not only the Federal Security Service [FSB] or Main Intelligence Directorate [GRU], but Putin himself and his entourage,” Graham stated.
The senator said he hopes US President- …
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Ukraine extended sanctions against Russia for another year
The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine imposed additional sanctions against individuals and entities from Russia, as reported by the NSDC’s press center.
“In particular, sanctions have been imposed against individuals illegally elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation based on the results of the so-called elections held by occupational authorities in the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, members of the so-called electoral commissions, …
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Putin's advisor believes that there is a possibility that Russia will be cut off from the 'world Internet'
The President’s advisor on the Internet, German Klimenko, stated in an interview with RT that Russia must be prepared in case it is cut off from the “world Internet”.
"Our Western partners cut off the Crimea from Google and Microsoft services and domain owners who live in the Crimea lost all they had worked for. Our country should be prepared for a scenario where it is cut off from the world Internet," Klimenko said.
He added that there is a high probability that Russia's relations with the …
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Russian Senator: Trump will probably reverse latest round of sanctions
According to the First Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Federation Council Committee for Defense and Security, Frants Klintsevich, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will most likely reverse Washington’s latest round of sanctions which were imposed on Thursday in response to the Kremlin’s alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election, TASS reported.
"There is a big chance that Donald Trump will reverse the latest anti-Russian sanctions after he takes office," Klintsevich told reporters. …
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Russian Foreign Ministry suggests expelling 35 U.S. diplomats in response to Washington's latest sanctions
The Russian Foreign Ministry has suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin expel 35 U.S. diplomats in response to Washington’s decision to expel 35 Russians on Thursday due to the Kremlin’s alleged involvement in hacking during the U.S. presidential election, TASS reported.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has compiled a list of 31 U.S. Embassy employees in Moscow and four employees of the Consulate General in St. Petersburg who it recommends be expelled from Russia.
"We, of course, cannot …
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US puts more Russian companies and individuals on sanctions list over Syria and Ukraine
The US has imposed sanctions on ten senior managers of the Russian TempBank, including two Deputy Chairmen, the Chairman and four members of the Supervisory Board. The information was published on Friday, December 23th, on the web site of the U.S. Department of Treasury.
Sanction were also imposed on the top management of Technolab company, which is registered in Lebanon.
Washington also imposed restrictive measures on several Syrian government officials: the Minster of Finance, the Minister …
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Peskov: Russia will take 'adequate measures' in response to US Treasury Department's decision to extend sanctions
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow will take “adequate measures” in response to the US Treasury Department’s announcement on Tuesday that it would extend sanctions against Russia, TASS reported.
"We regret that Washington continues this destructive line,” Pekov said. “We still disagree with this line and we believe that it very seriously harms our bilateral relations. Certainly, as this has been already in practice, the Russian side will take adequate measures.”
"We can only once …
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US Treasury Department expanded sanctions on Russia
The US expanded sanctions against Russia imposed in relation to the Crimean Peninsula and to Moscow's policy in the east of Ukraine. According to a report published on Tuesday, December 20th, on the website of the US Treasury, seven more individuals and more than 20 companies were included in the sanctions list.
Individuals who were included on the sanctions list were businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has close business ties with the Russian Ministry of Defense and the managers of the banks …
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Italy has blocked the extension of sanctions against Russia
At the EU summit in Brussels, Italy blocked the attempt to extend sanctions against Russia for one year. Rome was also against the extension of sanctions for alleged crimes committed by Russia in Syria.
This was confirmed by the participants of the summit.
"We had a discussion, which, fortunately, ended without considering the option that would be, in my opinion, erroneous. That is to respond to the situation in Syria and Aleppo with the EU sanctions against Russia", the Prime Minister of …