EU Broadens Sanctions Against Russia, Threatens Economic Measures -- RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, March 21 (RIA Novosti) – The EU has expanded its targeted sanctions against Russian officials blamed for destabilizing Ukraine, but has not yet agreed upon broader economic measures, European officials said Friday.
The move was the latest escalation in the clash over Ukraine’s Crimea, the greatest geopolitical showdown between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War.
The EU expanded the number of Russian and Ukrainian officials under sanctions to 33 early Friday morning, just hours after the United States added 20 more officials to its own list.
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More News On U.S.- E.U. Sanctions On Russia
EU expands Russia sanctions list to 33 people, cancels EU-Russia summit -- RT
EU Adds 12 Russian, Crimean Officials To Sanctions List -- RIA Novosti
EU Slaps Sanctions on 12 More Russian Officials -- Wall Street Journal
EU seals closer ties with Ukraine, sanctions Russia -- AFP
Putin Allies Targeted by EU Sanctions Over Crimea Joining Russia -- Bloomberg Businessweek
European Union prepares for trade war with Russia over Crimea -- The Guardian
Trade war over Crimea looms as Russia closes Ukrainian-owned sweet factory -- The Guardian
Obama to meet with European and Asian allies to explore additional actions against Russia -- UPI
Obama extends sanctions against Russia to include wealthy Putin allies -- The Guardian
Crimea crisis: US sanction list is who's who of Vladimir Putin's inner circle -- The Guardian
Putin laughs off sanctions as he signs bills to transfer Crimea to Russia -- The Guardian
President Putin mocks US sanctions, vows not to retaliate -- RT
Putin laughs in the face of Western sanctions by asking for his £5,000 monthly salary to be transferred to the Russian bank singled out for punishment -- Daily Mail
US Imposing Sanctions to Assert Its Dominance – Lavrov -- RIA Novosti
Western sanctions against Russia ‘irrational and designed to assert US dominance' – Russian FM -- RT
Tit for Tat: Russia hits US officials with sanctions, as Obama expands penalties -- FOX News
Americans sanctioned by Putin -- Washington Post
EU won't rule out Abramovich sanctions -- The Telegraph
Russia may actually be hurting from the US, EU sanctions -- Global Post
The impact of economic sanctions on Russia -- Linda Yueh, BBC
Sanctions: Potential economic damage -- BBC
More US sanctions on Russia over Crimea. Why energy is largely untouched. -- David J. Unger, Christian Science Monitor
Sanctions bind Russia nation together, for now -- Elizabeth Piper, Reuters
2 comments:
EU expects that these sanctions will force Russia to return Crimea, thus allowing NATO to take over Russia's only warm-water naval base?
Alice Kingsley: I try to believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
I'm with you on this one Don.
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