Tag: Sanctions

3 Putin allies among 8 hit with new EU sanctions

JohnThor Dahlburg · July 30, 2014 8:36 pm

Sign reading 'Bank of Moscow" is installed on the headquarters of Russian Agricultural Bank in downtown Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. The European Union approved dramatically tougher economic sanctions Tuesday 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)

A look at the EU’s new sanctions against Russia

Juergen Baetz · July 30, 2014 8:24 pm

Sanctions will damage Russia if not lifted quickly

LAURA MILLSJUERGEN BAETZ · July 30, 2014 8:11 pm

Lawmakers will hold a host of congressional hearings today, as the August recess is nearing.

Morning Examiner with Steve Doty for July 30

Steve Doty · July 30, 2014 11:53 am

President Barack Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, as he announces new economic sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy in the latest move to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his support for Ukrainian rebels. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

West seeks to inflict more economic pain on Russia

JULIE PACEJOHN-THOR DAHLBURG · July 30, 2014 5:47 am

Obama unveils tougher sanctions against Russia

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Obama unveils tougher sanctions against Russia

Brian Hughes · July 29, 2014 9:48 pm

President Barack Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, as he announces new economic sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy in the latest move to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his support for Ukrainian rebels. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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US, Europe impose tough new sanctions on Russia

JULIE PACEJOHN-THOR DAHLBURG · July 29, 2014 9:25 pm

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VIDEO: Obama announces new Russia sanctions

Ed Sykes · July 29, 2014 8:42 pm

Obama to announce US sanctions on Russia

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Obama to announce US sanctions on Russia

Julie Pace · July 29, 2014 7:26 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, left, attend a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 28, 2014. Putin chairs a government meeting that focused on replacing imported weapons components with local production. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

BP warns of impact of Russia sanctions on profits

Danica Kirka · July 29, 2014 9:54 am

FILE - Int this Dec. 8, 1997, file photo, U.S. President Ronald Reagan, right, shakes hands with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev after the two leaders signed the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty to eliminate intermediate-range missiles during a ceremony in the White House East Room in Washington. In an escalation of tensions, the Obama administration accused Russia on July 28, 2014, of conducting tests in violation of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, calling the breach "a very serious matter" and going public with allegations that have simmered for some time. The treaty confrontation comes at a highly strained time between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia's intervention in Ukraine and Russia's grant of asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.(AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)

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US: Russia violated 1987 nuclear missile treaty

Jim Kuhnhenn · July 29, 2014 1:35 am

FILE - In this July 22, 2014 file photo, a pro-Russian rebel touches the MH17 wreckage at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine. Japan's top government spokesman said Monday, July 28 that the country is stepping up sanctions against Russia over the unrest in Ukraine. The sanctions include the freezing of assets held in Japan by individuals and groups supporting the separation of Crimea from Ukraine, as well as a ban on Crimean imports, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said. The move follows the July 17 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Japan to step up sanctions against Russia

Mari Yamaguchi · July 28, 2014 1:08 pm