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Germany applies stricter sanctions against Russia
Author(s): NEOnline | KT merkel_russia.jpg The German government has revoked permission for a company to deliver a field exercise simulator to the Russian military — permanently blocking a deal it had already put on ice. The Economy Ministry said Monday that it had withdrawn defense and auto parts company Rheinmetall AG’s export...
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[Ticker] Experts arrive at Malaysia flight crash site in Ukraine
An international team of four investigators on Thursday arrived at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 in eastern Ukraine, reports AP. After a moment of silence upon arrival, the team of two Dutch and two Australian experts assessed the site. Some 80 bodies remain at the scene. …read more Source:...
EU hits Russia’s largest banks, imposes arms embargo
New EU sanctions will stop Russia’s two top banks from buying debt and ban new arms exports and sales of oil-drilling kit in the bloc’s toughest step to date. …read more Source:...
The portfolio that Navracsics should not be given
Tibor Navracsics was officially nominated to be Hungary’s next European commissioner on Wednesday evening (30 July). The nomination was no surprise, and, in sending his foreign minister, former head of his private office and one of his oldest and closest political allies, Viktor Orbán is putting forward a member of the small category of...
Russia – EU: colourful figures on the sanctions list
Author(s): Dan Alexe putin_judo_rotenberg.jpg EU has added 8 individuals and 3 Russian companies to its list of sanctions meant to force the Kremlin to change its stance concerning events in Ukraine. Some of the persons on the list are colourful figures, whose blacklisting can have a psychological impact in Russia. One such blacklisted character...
Russia loses second Yukos case
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay €1.87 billion in compensation to holders of shares in Yukos, which was once Russia’s largest oil company. The ruling is the second judgment in four days against Russia related to its decision to seize Yukos’s assets on grounds of tax evasion and other charges. The ECHR...
Putin’s inner circle targeted by EU
The European Union has added three of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest associates to a list of Russians barred from entering the EU. The decision to add more senior figures in Russia’s business and political elite to the blacklist was made on Tuesday (29 July), but the names were revealed yesterday evening. The three...
Russia threatens Europe with higher energy prices
Russia has reacted angrily to EU sanctions, calling them a “senseless and irresponsible step” which would “inevitably” lead to a hike in energy prices. …read more Source:...
EU blacklists three Putin ‘cronies’
The EU has for the first time included three of Vladimir Putin’s loyal oligarchs and his propaganda chief on an existing blacklist in response to Russia’s continued “destabilisation” of Ukraine. …read more Source:...
How will the EU sanctions against Russia function?
Author(s): Dan Alexe belgaimage_60722358_preview.jpg The EU sanctions against Russia are in place for one year and their effect will be assessed, revised and discussed every three months, to check the efficiency of the measures and see whether any circumvention was possible. “This is not an embargo”, insisted a EU official. “Our...
