Section: The Wall Street Journal (USA)
Russia Defiant in Face of Sanctions
Russia reacted with defiance to the decisions by the U.S. and EU to impose the harshest sanctions yet on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Total Bracing For Sanctions Impact
The oil major says it has stopped increasing its stake in Russian gas-producer Novatek and will review the effect of sanctions on Russia at the end of August. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Euro-Zone Business Confidence Holds Up
Euro-zone businesses were mostly undaunted by growing tensions between the European Union and Russia over Ukraine’s future following the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
EU Units of Russian Banks Exempt From Sanctions
European Union-based subsidiaries of Russian state-owned banks are exempt from EU sanctions, two European officials said. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
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...
EU Agrees to Broad Sanctions On Russia
The EU agreed to place sanctions on broad sectors of the Russian economy, marking a significant escalation of the bloc’s response to allegations that Moscow is fueling the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
BP Warns on Russia Sanctions
BP reported a rise in second-quarter profit, boosted by its investment in Russian energy group Rosneft, but warned that further economic sanctions on Russia could adversely impact its business. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Ukraine Setbacks Afflict Putin
Pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine saw some of their worst battlefield setbacks in weeks as the West agreed on tougher sanctions—posing fresh challenges on two fronts for the Kremlin. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Ukraine: Heavy Fighting Around Crash Site
Ukraine said that heavy fighting had erupted in a string of towns around where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed, as Kiev seeks to cut off the rebel stronghold of Donetsk from the rest of the separatists. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
Ukraine: Missile Shrapnel Destroyed Plane
Data retrieved from the black boxes aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 showed the plane was destroyed by “massive explosive decompression” caused by shrapnel from a missile, Ukrainian authorities said. …read more Source: The Wall Street...
