Moscow sanctions over 200 Americans for ‘Russophobia’ — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Moscow sanctions over 200 Americans for ‘Russophobia’ — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Source link The entry ban targets US policymakers, business people, journalists and academics Russia has put 227 US citizens on its entry blacklist, including State Department spokesman Matthew Miller and other high ranking officials, the Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. According to a statement published on its website, the ban is a response to the […]

West could use ‘sanctions baton’ against any nation – Lavrov — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

West could use ‘sanctions baton’ against any nation – Lavrov — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Source link The Russian foreign minister says the risk has encouraged the creation of global financial mechanisms free from Western control The West could unleash illegal economic sanctions against any country at any time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned. The diplomat claimed that this risk is all the more real given the West’s […]

EU criminalizes sanctions evasion — RT Business News

EU criminalizes sanctions evasion — RT Business News

Source link The new directive will allow member states to jail individuals and fine businesses The European Parliament has adopted a directive to criminalize the violation and circumvention of EU sanctions, according to a document published on the legislative body’s website on Tuesday. It stressed that providing financial services or legal advisory services in violation […]

Central African bloc removes sanctions on post-coup nation — RT Africa

Central African bloc removes sanctions on post-coup nation — RT Africa

Source link Gabon was suspended from the economic union last September to force coup leaders to restore constitutional order The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) has decided to lift sanctions imposed on Gabon in response to the ouster of President Ali Bongo in a coup last year, the military authorities announced on Saturday. […]

US threatens EU bank with sanctions – media — RT Business News

US threatens EU bank with sanctions – media — RT Business News

Source link Washington has reportedly warned Austria’s banking giant Raiffeisen over its operations in Russia Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest foreign lender in Russia, risks “being cut off from the US financial system” if it is found to have helped fund Russia’s military, according to the US Treasury  Department, as cited by Reuters. “As […]

US ‘weaponizing imperialist agenda’ with sanctions – Zimbabwean spokesman — RT Africa

US ‘weaponizing imperialist agenda’ with sanctions – Zimbabwean spokesman — RT Africa

Source link The US has always used corruption as a key issue to assert its control, Richard Mahomva has told RT The US and its Western allies are using allegations of corruption and human rights abuses to “weaponize” their global agendas, Zimbabwean government spokesman Richard Mahomva has claimed in an exclusive interview with RT. Mahomva […]

Russia should stop hostile EU countries from cashing in on sanctions – official — RT Business News

Russia should stop hostile EU countries from cashing in on sanctions – official — RT Business News

Source link Baltic ports in Latvia and Lithuania have become a gateway for wine and whisky imports to the sanctioned country There is no need for Russia to impose an embargo on wine and whisky imports from ‘unfriendly’ countries, but deliveries via the ‘hostile’ Baltic nations must be stopped, Sergey Ivanov, a special representative to […]

Sanctions have reached their limit – Russian think tank — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Sanctions have reached their limit – Russian think tank — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Source link Experts from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration say new restrictions won’t stop growth Sanctions on Russia have reached a ceiling and there is hardly anything Western nations could do that would stop Russian economic growth, researchers at a top university have said in a new study. The experts […]

EU’s Russia sanctions ‘massively circumvented’ – study — RT Business News

EU’s Russia sanctions ‘massively circumvented’ – study — RT Business News

Source link ‘Kremlin-friendly’ nations have been re-exporting ‘high priority items’ to the country, according to Euractiv The EU’s sanctions on Russia are being “massively circumvented” via third countries, Euractiv reported on Monday, citing a study by the IESEG School of Management. The bloc has introduced 13 rounds of restrictive measures against Moscow over the Ukraine […]

US sanctions threaten world order – China — RT World News

US sanctions threaten world order – China — RT World News

Source link Beijing will take all necessary measures to protect the rights and interests of its enterprises, the Chinese Commerce Ministry has said Washington’s latest round of sanctions against Russia and its partners, including China, is yet another example of US “economic coercion” undermining global trade relations, China’s Commerce Ministry said on Monday. The US […]

West African bloc lifts sanctions on Sahel state — RT Africa

West African bloc lifts sanctions on Sahel state — RT Africa

Source link The restrictions were imposed following military coups in Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea over the past three years The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is lifting sanctions imposed on Niger over last summer’s military coup, the president of the group’s commission, Omar Alieu Touray, announced on Saturday following a meeting […]