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Articles with tag "Sanctions"

stolen data

EU, UK Slap Sanctions on Russian Spies for Hacking German Parliament

The 2015 cyber attack completely paralyzed the IT infrastructure of the Bundestag.
western response

EU Sanctions FSB Chief, Senior Kremlin Officials Over Navalny Poisoning

The EU also sanctioned the Russian state research institute it says was behind the development of Novichok.  
laying blame

EU Agrees Russia Sanctions Over Navalny Poisoning

The sanctions will target six people — likely to be Russian officials — as well as one entity "involved in the Novichok program."
‘SERIOUS CRIME’

EU Ready to Sanction Russia Over Navalny Poisoning

Bloc agrees to slap personal sanctions on Russian officials.
unwelcome sanctions

Anger From Moscow, Minsk as EU, U.S. Sanction Belarus

Kremlin spokesman Dimitry Peskov called the sanctions "more a manifestation of weakness than strength."
accountability push

Belarus Opposition Compiling Blacklist of Officials

Names of individuals partaking in police abuses will be sent to the U.S. and Russia, among others.
GAS POLITICS

Explainer: What is Nord Stream 2 and Why Might Navalny’s Poisoning Stop Its Completion?

Everything you need to know about the mega Russian-German gas pipeline.
BLACKLIST EXEMPTION

Belarus Leader Lukashenko to Avoid EU Sanctions Over Protest Crackdown – Die Welt

The German newspaper said the need to keep lines of communication open will keep the strongman off the list.
POISONED RELATIONS

The West Is Outraged By Navalny’s Novichok Poisoning. That’s No Guarantee of Tough Sanctions

Looming U.S. elections and disparate EU interests could translate into a symbolic response.
cyber crime

EU Sanctions Russian, Chinese 'Cyber Attackers'

A unit of Moscow's GRU military intelligence agency is accused of cyber attacks on EU private companies.
tit-for-tat

Chechnya's Kadyrov 'Sanctions' Pompeo, Accuses Him of ‘Ordering’ George Floyd’s Killing

Kadyrov claimed that the U.S. Secretary of State ordered Floyd's killing so Donald Trump would lose the 2020 presidential election.
travel ban

U.S. Blacklists Chechen Leader for Rights Abuses

The designation is tied to alleged torture, extrajudicial killings and other violations that the U.S. said go back more than a decade.
Tit For Tat

Russia Will Impose Counter-Sanctions on U.K. – Kremlin

London earlier blacklisted Russian officials for their alleged involvement in the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.
sanctions spat

Putin Slams New U.S. Sanctions Aimed at 'Suffocating' Syria

The sanctions aim to force Syrian President Assad to accept calls for a ceasefire, elections and political transition.
renewed restrictions

EU Extends Russian Sanctions Over Ukraine: Merkel

The sanctions were first imposed after flight MH17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine in 2014.
shady shipment

$50M in Fabergé Antiquities Shipped to Panama After Oligarch Hit With Sanctions: Reports

Viktor Vekselberg bought nine Fabergé Easter eggs in 2004.
mounting questions

Did Russia’s Coronavirus Supplies to the U.S. Violate Sanctions?

Footage of the cargo showed boxes of ventilators made by a subsidiary of sanctioned conglomerate Rostec.
economic relief

Putin Calls for Sanctions 'Moratorium' at G20 Summit

"At the end of the day, it's a question of life and death," he said.
cybersecurity

EU Considers Sanctions Against Chinese, Russian Groups Over Hacking

The move would be the first application of the EU’s so-called cyber sanctions regime.
on the list

U.S. Slaps Sanctions on Russia, Other Countries Over Iran

Russia sees the latest wave of sanctions related to Iran’s missile program “illegitimate,” a Foreign Ministry source said.
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