Contents tagged with Sanctions
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Switzerland imposed sanctions against Russian deputies elected in the Crimea
Switzerland has expanded its list of people who will not be able to bypass the US and EU sanctions imposed because of aggression by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, according to the Swiss state secretariat for economic affairs.
The names of six people who were recently elected as deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation in the Crimea and Sevastopol were added to the list.
“On November 17, 2016, the Federal Department of Economics, Education and Research (EAER) amended the list …
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Lithuania adopted resolution for EU to extend sanctions against Russia
Delfi has reported that the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania has adopted a resolution which calls on the EU to extend sanctions against the Russian Federation until the Minsk Agreements have been fully implemented.
A total of 105 members of Parliament voted in favor of the resolution, none voted against it and one member abstained.
According to the Lithuanian Parliament, any attempt to ease or lift sanctions against the Russian Federation would encourage the aggressive policy of the …
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Media: The EU and US will discuss sanctions against Russia
On the 18th of November, the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the leaders of five EU countries will discuss the extension of sanctions against Russia, as reported by Reuters, citing several sources. According to the news outlet, this issue will be discussed at a meeting in Berlin with the participation of the leaders of Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain.
Reuters also indicated that Donald Trump, who won the U.S. Presidential election, has …
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Russia can be subject to US sanctions due to support for Syrian government
Members of the US House of Representatives have approved a bill imposing sanctions against countries and companies who provide financial assistance to Syrian authorities.
The chairperson of the Committee of the House of Representatives on Foreign Affairs, Ed Royce, explained that the main objects of the bill are Russia and Iran. “We learned a painful lesson in people’s suffering. Even the UN described what is happening as a crime of historic proportions,” Royce said.
The proposed sanctions …
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The US imposed sanctions against six Duma deputies in the Crimea
The United States imposed sanctions against Russian State Duma Deputies who were elected in the annexed Crimea, as reported on the website of the US Treasury.
The sanctions list indicates the names of six Crimean Deputies: Ruslan Balbek, Dmitry Belik, Ruslan Baharev, Svetlana Savchenko, Andrei Kozenko, and Pavel Shperov.
On November 9th, the European Union included the Deputies elected in the occupied Crimea to the State Duma on the anti-Russian sanctions list. At September's parliamentary …
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Canadian Foreign Ministry calls for maintaining sanctions on Russia
Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion urged all countries that imposed sanctions against Russia because of its actions against Ukraine to be firm in this matter, and stated that Canada would not ease the sanctions as long as Moscow keeps its current position.
He stated this at a press conference in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, according to Reuters.
“Russia’s behavior in Ukraine and Syria is problematic, to say the least. That is why it is important to be very frank in our relations with …
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US State Department: Sanctions against Russia will remain in force
Deputy Speaker of the US State Department Mark Toner said that the sanctions imposed by the United States on Russia for its violation of the sovereignty of Ukraine will remain in effect until the return of the Crimea, Ukrinform reports.
“Our attitude has been and will remain – within the present administration – unchanged. As for the sanctions regarding the Crimea – they will stay in effect until Russia takes its troops out of the Crimea and returns the peninsula to Ukraine,” Toner said. …
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Russian minister: Moscow is willing to lift sanctions if the EU does the same
Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukayev stated that Russia is determined to lift the mutual sanctions with the European Union. However, the European partners themselves have not yet demonstrated good will regarding this issue.
“The best proposal would be a mutual refusal from these restrictions. We would welcome it but unfortunately, our partners, including European partners, have not demonstrated the proper good will,” Ulyukayev said at the meeting with Italian entrepreneurs, …
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Media: EU expands sanctions against Crimean officials
The European Union agreed on the introduction of new personal sanctions against Crimean officials, Reuters reports, indicating that this decision was based on the accession of the Crimea to Russia.
According to the newspaper Delfi, the decision was made at the request of Lithuania and was formally approved at a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the Council of the European Union.
It was noted that the sanctions will affect the six deputies of the State Duma who were …
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Ukrainian Ministry of Defense urges Europeans to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine called on the members of the European Parliament to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation. The website of the Ukrainian Defense Agency reported that the Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine for European Integration, Ihor Dolhov, met with the delegation of the Security and Defense subcommittee of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee headed by the committee’s Chairwoman, Anna Fotyga. The representatives of the European Parliament were …