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EU member vetoes new sanctions in opposition to Russia – US yelp media
Discussion of new measures against Moscow at EU ambassadors’ debate put on hold because of Hungary, RFE/RL reports Talks on the EU’s 12th round of anti-Russia sanctions have stalled over Hungary’s complete objection to the entire package, a correspondent from the US state-controlled media RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) claimed on Friday. According to Rikard Jozwiak – posting on X (formerly Twitter) – it is unclear whether an agreement on the issue will…
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Sanctions against Russia are ‘impoverishing EU’ – French MEP
Thierry Mariani said restrictions against Moscow had backfired on the countries that imposed them Western sanctions against Russia have ended up damaging the nations that imposed them, French European Parliament member Thierry Mariani has told the TVLibertes (TVL) channel. In an interview aired on Saturday, Mariani said sanctions had been intended to “ruin” the Russian economy, but “on the contrary, they impoverish us.” Citing the strain on the EU economy, the…
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Sanctions towards Russia are ‘impoverishing Europe’ – French MEP
Thierry Mariani said restrictions against Moscow had backfired on the countries that imposed them Western sanctions against Russia have ended up damaging the nations that imposed them, French European Parliament member Thierry Mariani has told the TVLibertes (TVL) channel. In an interview aired on Saturday, Mariani said sanctions had been intended to “ruin” the Russian economy, but “on the contrary, they impoverish us.” Citing the strain on the EU economy, the…
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N Korea Launches Glimpse Satellite tv for pc, US Slams “Brazen Violation” Of UN Sanctions
North Korea said Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the United States led its allies in condemning the launch as a "brazen violation" of UN sanctions. A rocket carrying the satellite blasted off Tuesday night from North Phyongan province and "accurately put the reconnaissance satellite 'Malligyong-1' on its orbit," state-run news agency KCNA reported. Images in state media showed…
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Niger’s militia junta requests sanctions reduction from West African court docket
Niger’s junta on Tuesday asked West Africa’s regional court to order the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country by its neighbors following a July coup in which the democratically elected president was deposed. "There is no sector of the Nigerien society that has not been affected by these sanctions" which have caused untold economic hardship in one of the world’s poorest countries, Younkaila Yaye, one of the junta’s lawyers,…
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Biden eases sanctions to in finding China’s motivate combating drug crisis
The US has dropped trade restrictions on a Chinese institute to win Beijing’s support in halting the flow of fentanyl US President Joe Biden’s administration has dropped trade restrictions on the Chinese government’s forensic science institute as part of a push to persuade Beijing to help block the trafficking of fentanyl and its constituent chemicals into the US. The institute’s removal from the blacklist was confirmed on Thursday in a…
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Chinese companies did not join the sanctions
(ORDO NEWS) — The US authorities are trying to put pressure on Chinese companies to join the sanctions, but so far to no avail. China intends to continue supplying semiconductors to Russia. China has been in warm relations with Russia for a long time, but the Celestial Empire has already grown cold towards the United States. While China does not intend to maintain sanctions against Russia Washington expected major electronics…