Tag: sanctions
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#MorningMonarchy: August 27, 2018
McCain mutiny, echo chamber and ‘The Empire Files’ shutdown + this day in history w/the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan and our song of the day by Atreyu on your Morning Monarchy for August 27, 2018.
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#MorningMonarchy: January 18, 2016
Sanction exchange, child slaves and world passports + this day in history w/MLK Day and our song of the day by Yeasayer on your Morning Monarchy for January 18, 2016.
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US Announces More Sanctions Against Russia
from nytimes.com: The United States added new sanctions against Russia on Monday, expanding the list of targets but concentrating on the myriad holdings of four billionaires viewed as part of President Vladimir V. Putin’s financial circle.
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Threats Did Not Sway Putin, Now US Tries Pain
from @afp: US President Barack Obama’s threats of “costs” did not sway Vladimir Putin’s calculations on Crimea. Now he must see if the pain he plans to escalate on Russia will be sufficiently acute to do any better. The White House’s initial strategy of seeking to defuse the crisis, offering Russia an “off-ramp” and warning…
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Russia Approves EU Assets Freeze If Sanctions Hit Moscow
from presstv.ir: Moscow says it will respond to any EU sanctions with its own punitive measures. This may include a freeze of foreign companies’ accounts in Russian banks and also confiscation of foreign companies’ properties in Russia. The Upper House of Parliament, the Federation Council, is preparing a new law which would allow the president…







