Tag: Sanctions

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf is vigorously defending Secretary of State John Kerry's overnight stay in a Myanmar hotel owned by a blacklisted businessman, although she was short on specifics about it. (AP Photo/Dan Himbrechts)

State defends John Kerry’s stay in hotel owned by blacklisted businessman

Susan Crabtree · August 12, 2014 7:32 pm

UN Security Council threatens S. Sudan sanctions

UN Security Council threatens S. Sudan sanctions

Jason Straziuso · August 12, 2014 3:37 pm

Russian ban on ag imports to affect Idaho farmers

Russian ban on ag imports to affect Idaho farmers

Audrey Dutton · August 10, 2014 5:03 pm

Western farmers take hit from Russia food ban

Western farmers take hit from Russia food ban

mary-clare, jalonickjuergen-baetz · August 7, 2014 10:23 pm

Women choose Dutch tomatoes at a supermarket in downtown Moscow on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. The Russian government has banned all imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced Thursday. The move was taken on orders from President Vladimir Putin in response to sanctions imposed on Russia by the West over the crisis in Ukraine. The ban has been introduced for one year. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia retaliates on West’s sanctions over Ukraine

Vladimir Isachenkov · August 7, 2014 7:23 pm

Women choose Dutch tomatoes at a supermarket in downtown Moscow, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. The Russian government has banned all imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced Thursday. The move was taken on orders from President Vladimir Putin in response to sanctions imposed on Russia by the West over the crisis in Ukraine. The ban has been introduced for one year. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

US: Russia impeding own people’s access to food

Josh Lederman · August 7, 2014 6:55 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Russia’s response

Washington Examiner · August 7, 2014 4:00 am

President Barack Obama listens to a question during his news conference at US African Leaders Summit, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014 at the State Department in Washington. Obama and dozens of African leaders opened talks Wednesday on two key issues that threaten to disrupt economic progress on the continent: security and government corruption. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: US sanctions are straining Russian economy

Deb Riechmann · August 7, 2014 1:19 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with local officials in Voronezh, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Putin says he has ordered the government to develop measures in response to Western sanctions. In a meeting with state officials in the city of Voronezh on Tuesday, did not specify what the measures might be but said: "I have given the order today to formulate them," Russian news agencies reported. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Report: Russia to block US agricultural imports

Jim Heintz · August 6, 2014 11:36 pm

Putin orders Russia gov’t response to sanctions

Putin orders Russia gov’t response to sanctions

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2014 3:39 pm

People walk past the headquarters of Russian Agricultural Bank in downtown Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. The European Union approved dramatically tougher economic sanctions Tuesday, July 29, against Russia, followed swiftly by a new round of U.S. penalties. Among the targets were three Russian banks: the Bank of Moscow, Russian Agricultural Bank and VTB Bank, Russia's second largest bank. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

EU identifies 5 Russian banks it is sanctioning

Juergen Baetz · July 31, 2014 5:06 pm

Technicians assemble a new steam turbine system in the hard coal-fired power station 'Block 6' of energy provider swb AG at the industrial harbour in Bremen, Germany, 31 July 2013. The new turbine will increase the power output of what is already swb's most powerful power station. 50 million euros will be invested inthe renovation of Block 6. Photo by: Ingo Wagner/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Russia tensions hurting European companies

Geir Moulson · July 31, 2014 1:01 pm