Section: US & Canada
US, Europe impose tough new sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred to action by the downing of the Malaysian airliner, the European Union approved dramatically tougher economic sanctions Tuesday against Russia, including an arms embargo and restrictions on state-owned banks. President Barack Obama swiftly followed with an expansion of U.S. penalties targeting key sectors of the...
U.S. Expands Economic Sanctions on Russia
Frustrated by Russia’s involvement in Ukraine, US President Obama says he’s joining the EU and imposing new sanctions on Moscow. …read more Source: The Boston...
Obama’s Russia Envoy Nominee: U.S. Will ‘Never Accept’ Crimea Takeover
The nominee to be next U.S. ambassador to Russia says the United States will “never accept” the Kremlin’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region and cannot ignore Russia’s actions in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Europe Puts Putin in a Corner
Ostracizing Russia won’t resolve Ukraine’s tensions, or a host of other nasty crises. …read more Source:...
EU, U.S. Expand Sanctions on Russia
The European Union and the U.S., after much agonizing, adopted broad economic sanctions against Russia on Tuesday to punish Moscow’s unbending stance in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
U.S., Europe announce additional sanctions on Russia
Spurred to new action by the downing of the Malaysian airliner, the European Union approved dramatically tougher economic sanctions Tuesday against Russia, followed swiftly by a new round of U.S. penalties targeting key sectors of the Russian economy. …read more Source: New York Daily...
U.S., EU, Canada announce new sanctions against Russia
The United States, the European Union and Canada all announced a tightening of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday over the continuing crisis in Ukraine and Russia’s suspected involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. …read more Source:...
Obama: New Russia sanctions will have ‘an even bigger bite’
President Obama announced a new round of U.S. sanctions on Russia’s banking, arms and energy sectors, the latest step intended to punish Moscow for backing separatist militias in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
US, Europe impose tough new sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred to new action by the downing of the Malaysian airliner, the European Union approved dramatically tougher economic sanctions Tuesday against Russia, followed swiftly by a new round of U.S. penalties targeting key sectors of the Russian economy. The coordinated sanctions were aimed at increasing pressure on Russian...
Obama announces additional U.S. sanctions on Russia
President Obama has announced new economic sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy in the latest move by the U.S. to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his support for Ukrainian rebels. …read more Source: New York Daily...
