TEHRAN, March 17 (MNA) European foreign ministers are expected to unfurl sanctions including visa bans and asset freezes against leading figures in Moscow over Crimea Sunday referendum.
Reported by AFP, an overwhelming 95.5 percent of voters on the mostly Russian-speaking peninsula chose to secede from Ukraine, according to partial results ...
Russian government officials and businessmen are bracing forsanctionsresembling those applied toIranafter what they see as the inevitable annexation ofUkraines Crimea region, according to four people with knowledge of the preparations.
Iran-style retaliation from the West, which would include freezingRussiasforeign reserves, banking assets and halting ...
Obama wants to punish Putin for his aggression in Ukraine. But he needs the Russian president for the White House's most ambitious second-term goals.
It is not uncommon for second-term presidents to turn more of their attention and focus to foreign policy. Domestic politics and policy become increasingly frustrating, as the presidents partisans in ...
(Reuters) - The European Union agreed on a framework on Wednesday for its first sanctions onRussiasince the Cold War, a stronger response to the Ukraine crisis than many expected and a mark of solidarity with Washington in the drive to make Moscow pay for seizing Crimea.
U.S. PresidentBarack ObamawarnedRussiait faced costs from the West unless it ...
The stand-off between Russia and the US overUkrainereached its gravest point on Wednesday as the US and its allies warned Moscow that proceeding with Sundays Crimean independence referendum would bring reprisals.
Andriy Parubiy, secretary of Ukraines national security and defence council, said Russia had deployed more than 80,000 troops, up to 270 ...
[caption id="attachment_89077" align="alignright" width="180"] A pro-Russian soldier speaks to a truck driver outside the Ukrainian infantry base in Perevalne, Ukraine, on March 12, 2014.[/caption]
Russian government officials and businessmen are readying for sanctions resembling those applied to Iran after what they see as the inevitable annexation ...
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