On Thursday afternoon, the White House administration announced a specific list of sanctions that have been imposed on Russia due to hacker attacks. According to the NY Times, the head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces (GRU) Igor Korobov, his deputies Vladimir Alekseev, Sergey Gizunov and Igor Kostyukov, and also ...
The oil company ExxonMobil, whose CEO Rex Tillerson was nominated by US President-elect Donald Trump for the post of US Secretary of State, lobbied against the adoption by Congress of Law No. 5094 “On Supporting Stability and Democracy in Ukraine” (STAND for Ukraine Act). This document was supposed to…
Has the attitude of Europe and the United States towards Russia changed in the light of recent international events? Analyzing the reports of the American and European press and statements of officials, one can come to the conclusion that Vladimir Putin has crossed another “red line”, beyond which new ones may await him ...
US President Barack Obama announced the extension of sanctions against Russia for a year. The corresponding decree was published on March 2 on the White House website. It says that the emergency regime introduced in connection with attempts to undermine democratic processes in Ukraine, violate its sovereignty and ...
The head of European diplomacy, Federica Mogherini, does not expect EU leaders to discuss the issue of Russian sanctions at the summit on Thursday - immediately after reaching an agreement on a ceasefire in Ukraine at the talks in Minsk. Mogherini named the Minsk agreement ...
The foreign ministers of the EU member states approved the expansion of the “black list” of Russian citizens and separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine, against whom visa and banking restrictions will be introduced, but delayed the entry into force of new sanctions until February 16. According to the BBC's European correspondent...
The EU Council consisting of foreign ministers, which on Monday, February 9, may adopt individual sanctions in connection with the situation in Ukraine, may consider the results of the negotiations between Angela Merkel and François Hollande in Kiev and Moscow and bring it to the summit 12 ...
The European Union is considering the possibility of introducing additional restrictive measures against high-ranking Russian officials due to the situation in Ukraine. This was reported on Wednesday by the German news agency DPA, citing a source in Brussels. According to the newspaper, the corresponding decision was made during ...
The US Treasury has introduced some sanctions relief aimed at making life easier for ordinary citizens of the Crimean region of Ukraine. The nature of the changes in the regime of restrictive measures is said in a statement issued by the department on Friday, January 30. Let us remind you that in March last year at the session of the General ...
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday warned Russia about the possibility of new sanctions against it by Western countries if it continues what he described as Russian "aggression" against Ukraine. Liu spoke to reporters in Kiev at ...