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    European Union Adopts Tougher Sanctions on Russia
    Jul29

    European Union Adopts Tougher Sanctions on Russia

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 22:55 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    BRUSSELS—Frustrated by the apparent ineffectiveness of previous sanctions and outraged by the deaths of 298 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over eastern Ukraine, the European Union adopted tough new economic sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, EU officials and diplomats said. The measures, which were prepared in...

    US, Europe impose tough new sanctions on Russia
    Jul29

    US, Europe impose tough new sanctions on Russia

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 22:55 (EEST) Section: Boston Herald (USA)

    WASHINGTON — President Barack 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.Obama says the sanctions target Russia’s energy, weapons and finance industries, including big banks.The...

    Obama to announce US sanctions on Russia
    Jul29

    Obama to announce US sanctions on Russia

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 22:55 (EEST) Section: Associated Press (USA)

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is to announce a new round of U.S. sanctions against Russian banks and a shipbuilding company Tuesday…. …read more Source: Associated...

    Obama Joins Europe in Expanding Sanctions on Russia
    Jul29

    Obama Joins Europe in Expanding Sanctions on Russia

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 22:55 (EEST) Section: The New York Times (USA)

    President Obama announced the action targeting more banks and a defense firm soon after the European Union imposed tough new sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...

    US, Europe impose tough new sanctions on Russia
    Jul29

    US, Europe impose tough new sanctions on Russia

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 22:55 (EEST) Section: Associated Press (USA)

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack 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: Associated...

    Here Comes Obama’s Statement On Ukraine…
    Jul29

    Here Comes Obama’s Statement On Ukraine…

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 22:55 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    President Barack Obama is delivering a statement on the crisis in Ukraine from the South Lawn of the White House. Obama is announcing a new round of punishing sanctions on Russia and President Vladimir Putin for the country’s continued involvement in destabilizing the crisis and supporting pro-Russian separatists in the eastern regions of...

    Obama to announce US sanctions on Russia
    Jul29

    Obama to announce US sanctions on Russia

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 22:55 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    The U.S. penalties follow tougher sanctions agreed to by European Union leaders earlier in the day. According to the Treasury Department, the U.S. penalties target the Bank of Moscow, the Russian Agricultural Bank and VTB Bank. …read more Source: San Francisco...

    U.S. Adds Russian Banks, Shipbuilding Company To Sanctions List
    Jul29

    U.S. Adds Russian Banks, Shipbuilding Company To Sanctions List

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 22:55 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    The U.S. Treasury Department has added three banks to a list of sectoral sanctions and sanctioned one shipbuilding company in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    The West Has Cornered Putin—and That’s When He’s Most Dangerous
    Jul29

    The West Has Cornered Putin—and That’s When He’s Most Dangerous

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 22:55 (EEST) Section: New Republic (USA)

    Today is not a good day to be Vladimir Putin. A game that the Russian president was winning so deftly in the spring has turned on him in summer: The Ukrainian military is bearing down on the pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, and there’s …read more Source: The New...

    European Union slaps new, stronger sanctions on Russia
    Jul29

    European Union slaps new, stronger sanctions on Russia

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 22:55 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    The 28-nation European Union agreed Tuesday on stronger economic sanctions against Russia amid ongoing anger concerning the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, the great majority of whose passengers were Europeans. …read more Source: Los Angeles...