Section: The United Kingdom
North Korea comes out in support of Scottish independence
Pyongyang’s embrace of Mr Salmond comes after Russian separatists in Ukraine embarrassed the SNP by launching an online campaign in support of a ‘Yes’ vote. …read more Source: Daily...
Exclusive: U.S. to sanction Sberbank, tighten limits on other Russian banks – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to sanction Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, and to further limit other Russian banks’ access to U.S. capital to punish Moscow for intervening in Ukraine, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Obama says U.S. to outline new Russia sanctions on Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States will join the European Union in imposing tougher sanctions on Russia’s financial, energy and defense sectors after Moscow sent troops into eastern Ukraine last month, and will provide details on the new steps on Friday. …read more Source:...
Gazprom: price sensitive
The supplier of a third of Europe’s natural gas has not received the same sanctions given to other Russian state-owned groups over the Ukraine crisis …read more Source: Financial...
Russia reacts to EU sanctions with further western trade embargos
Moscow imposes import ban on used cars, clothes and consumer products amid Ukraine crisisRussia is preparing to hit back at fresh EU sanctions with a new list placing embargos on imports of consumer goods and secondhand cars from western countries, deepening a tit-for-tat trade war sparked by the crisis in Ukraine.Andrei Belousov, an aide to...
New sanctions against Russia to take effect on Friday
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – European Union governments agreed on Thursday that new economic sanctions on Russia will take effect on Friday but held out the prospect of cancelling some or all of them next month if they believe a peace plan is working. …read more Source:...
Russia and Ukraine: A brief intermission
Time for a cigarette break, at least THE war in eastern Ukraine has quietened, for now. Its disparate factions have as much reason to keep fighting as to put away their guns. But a ceasefire signed on September 5th in Minsk is so far mostly holding. Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, does not want to fight an unwinnable war against...
Despair in Luhansk as residents count the dead
The worst-hit city in eastern Ukraine is struggling with the aftermath of violence as a semblance of normality returnsEach time a body arrives, Anatoly Turevich opens a word file on his computer and adds details to his list. Often the only detail he is able to add is “man” or “woman”. There are 511 entries.Turevich, the...
Putin puts troops on war footing
Russian president orders checks on military forces and government agencies for their war preparedness, keeping pressure on Kiev and the west …read more Source: Financial...
Britain says European leaders ready to push ahead with Russia sanctions
LONDON (Reuters) – European leaders spoke early on Thursday and agreed to push ahead with a package of sanctions against Russia by the end of the week, due to its aggression towards Ukraine, British Prime Minister David Cameron’s spokesman said. …read more Source:...
