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Obama orders US trade ban on Crimea over Russia 'occupation'
[WASHINGTON] US President Barack Obama imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia-annexed Crimea on Friday with an executive order prohibiting American exports of goods or services to the contested peninsula and barring Crimean imports. …read more Source: The Business...
Russia says deeply disappointed Obama signed new sanctions Bill
December 20, 2014 2:22 AMMOSCOW (REUTERS) – Russia’s Foreign ministry said on Friday it was deeply disappointed US President Barack Obama had signed into law a new Bill on sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Straits...
Bloody clashes resume ahead of Ukraine peace talks
Bloody clashes between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed militias resumed on Friday (Dec 19) ahead of peace talks aimed at ending the separatist conflict. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia’s parliament rushes through bill boosting banking capital
MOSCOW – Russia’s lower house of parliament passed on Friday a draft law that would give the banking sector a capital boost of up to 1 trillion roubles (S$21.8 billion).The State Duma said on its website it had passed the bill in all three required readings – speeding up a process which can sometimes see bills languish in...
New US sanctions law could undermine relations with Russia: Lavrov
New US legislation authorising sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis could undermine relations between Moscow and Washington for a long time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
New US sanctions law could undermine relations with Russia: Lavrov
MOSCOW – New US legislation authorising sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis could undermine relations between Moscow and Washington for a long time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Friday.In a phone call with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Lavrov said that the new legislation “threatening new...
Ukraine peace talks to resume Sunday, or Monday: Hollande
Peace talks between Ukraine’s leaders and Kremlin-backed rebels will “happen on Sunday or Monday,” French President Francois Hollande said after an EU summit on Thursday (Dec 18). …read more Source: Channel...
EU needs years-long Russia strategy, new leader warns
New EU president Donald Tusk said the bloc needs a strategy on Russia lasting years to cope with the problems raised by its intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Politics no problem, say US and Russian spacefarers
PARIS – US-Russian ties may have returned to Cold War levels, but an astronaut and a cosmonaut gearing up for the longest flight on the International Space Station said Thursday politics would not disrupt their work of helping a future trip to Mars.NASA’s Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos are to...
Western sanctions may last for decades: Russian minister tells newspaper
Western sanctions over Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis are likely to last “for a very long time”, possibly decades, Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev told Vedomosti newspaper.”When a U.S. law is passed it is very hard to change it afterwards – looks like it will be in place for decades,” Ulyukayev said in...
