Expansion of Turkey’s military operation in Syria and new sanctions’ put off
With the issue of the so-called Syrian package of sanctions against Russia in the cards, it is unlikely Europe will rush to adopt the new restrictions until a new US president is elected that is according to some Western experts surveyed by Izvestia daily during the Valdai International Discussion Club. According to Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz, the former German Ambassador to Russia, the issue of new anti-Russia sanctions was raised at...
Russia’s military Internet and new sanctions against Moscow
Kommersant: Ukraine extends sanctions against Russia A new round of Ukrainian sanctions against Russia was quite brash – the expanded list included several key payment systems and Rusal, a major aluminum refinery in the country. In an interview with Kommersant the companies do not hide their concerns, experts wait for retaliatory actions from Russia. According to the Russian Central Bank, in Q1 2016 Ukraine transferred $22 mln...
Expert: Kiev’s sanctions against Russian payment services to increase illegal cash inflow
Kiev’s inclusion of Russian payment services into the renewed list of anti-Russian sanctions will negatively affect Ukraine’s balance of payments, and will force guest workers to use illegal ways of currency delivery to the country, Ruslan Bortnik, the director of the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management, told TASS on Tuesday. “Sanctions against Russian payment systems will even more reduce the legal inflow of...
President Nicolic vows Serbia will never impose sanctions against Russia
Serbia continues relying on Russia and “will never impose sanctions against it despite pressure,” Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Monday at a ceremony to unveil the Russian Geographical Society Development Centre in Belgrade. “We don’t want others to choose friends for us… We will always seek to see that differences in international relations be solved through a dialogue, peacefully and with...
Mogherini: EU not considering Russia sanctions over Syria
The EU is not considering sanctions against Russia for its role in Syria but further measures against its ally Damascus are possible, the bloc’s foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Monday. “This has not been proposed by any member state,” Mogherini said as she arrived for a meeting of EU foreign ministers dominated by the Syrian crisis when asked about steps against Moscow. “But we have sanctions on...
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