The Office of Foreign Assets Control under the US Treasury announced new sanctions against Russian companies. The corresponding document is published on the OFAC website. For the first time, Gazprom, Lukoil, Transneft, Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz were included in the sanctions list. Sectoral ...
The list of products that are prohibited from being imported into Russia from countries that supported the sanctions has hardly changed compared to last year. The updated list was published on its website by the Russian government. It, in particular, got fresh or frozen meat of cattle and pork, ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree extending the embargo on the supply of a number of food products from countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia. The ban on supplies will remain in effect for another year. The list of goods subject to the embargo will be drawn up by the Russian government. Aide to the President of Russia Andrei Belousov said earlier, ...
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called the decision of the Czech authorities to “freeze” proceeds from possible victories at local competitions a violation of the rights of horses. “How can we talk about human rights in the West if the rights of horses – the most peaceful, kind ones – are grossly violated there...
Russia may replace the French Mistral-class helicopter carriers with its own Rhino landing ships, which have been in reserve for 15 years. The Rhinos are inferior in many respects to the Mistrals, however, French helicopter carriers have always been perceived more as a luxury than a necessity for the Russian army. France, because of ...
On June 19, the Council of the European Union extended the sanctions imposed by the European Union last year in response to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea until June 23, 2016. The sanctions, as the message says, “include a ban on the import of goods into the European Union, ...
Determined to prevent another breakthrough by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, the United States and European states have prepared a new round of sanctions against the energy and financial sectors of the Russian economy as part of a strategy for proactively planning sanctions for various cases, the Associated Press reported. Referring to ...
“The EU countries have agreed to extend economic sanctions imposed against Russia due to Moscow’s role in the crisis in Ukraine for another six months, until January 2016,” news agencies report, citing their sources in the EU. The decision was made by the participants of the Committee meeting...
When, a year ago, the heads of hundreds of Russian and foreign companies gathered in St. Petersburg for the International Economic Forum, most of them were in a state of shock. The United States and the European Union have just introduced visa bans and frozen the accounts of a number of Russian officials and companies in ...
Samantha Power, US Permanent Representative to the UN, said that the US authorities are confident that the EU will extend sanctions against Russia. In addition, she said that Washington fully supports such a decision. Also, Power answered questions from journalists about whether ...