Section: The United Kingdom
MH17: Abbott says Australia is unlikely to follow tougher US and EU sanctions
Prime minister says his priority is recovering bodies from the crash site as the US and EU increase sanctions against Russia Australia is unlikely to follow the US and European Union in pursuing new sanctions against Russia as its focus remains on recovering the bodies of victims of the downed flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine.Tony Abbott played...
EU and U.S. announce new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The European Union and the United States on Tuesday announced further sanctions against Russia, targeting its energy, banking and defense sectors in the strongest international action yet over Moscow’s support for rebels in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Sanctions will make Russia’s ‘weak economy even weaker’, says President Obama
A new wave of sanctions against Russian banks and companies will be imposed within days by the European Union, supported by fresh action against President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies. …read more Source: The...
US follows EU in setting new sanctions targeting Russian economy
US decision comes soon after the European Union punished Moscow over continued backing of Ukrainian separatists Barack Obama announced a new set of economic sanctions against sectors of the Russian economy on Tuesday, soon after the European Union punished Moscow for its continued backing for Ukrainian separatists with its most punitive measures...
‘Human Barbie’ Valeria Lukyanova shows support for Putin by posing on Crimean beach
Model Valeria Lukyanova, 28, from Ukraine, proudly posed in the Black Sea peninsula which has been boycotted by millions of tourists since the Kremlin’s annexation of the region from Ukraine. …read more Source: Daily...
‘Vladimir Putin is a thug and a liar’ says British diplomat Sir Peter Westmacott
Sir Peter Westmacott, UK ambassador to the US, condemned Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine ahead of a meeting in Brussels to impose tougher economic sanctions. …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine would accept mutual ceasefire, says John Kerry – video
John Kerry issues a statement after meeting with Ukraine’s foreign minister, Pavlo Klimkin, to discuss the conflict between Ukrainian armed forces and pro-Russian separatists, as well as access to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Klimkin met with the US secretary of state John Kerry at the state department in Washington on...
Sanctions a ‘big concern’ for European business
BP becomes the first European multinational company to warn of the impact of sanctions on Russia could have on its business …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine crisis: Caught in the crossfire
Squeezed between government forces and Russian-backed separatists, civilian casualties in the east increase, diminishing the chances of reconciliation …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine’s civilian casualties
Thousands living in eastern Ukraine are caught in the escalating conflict between government forces and Russian-backed separatists …read more Source: Financial...
