Russia used its veto to block a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Syria for the seventh time, rejecting an effort by Western powers to impose sanctions on Bashar al-Assad’s government and military for its use of chemical weapons. In her first major action as U.S. ambassador to the UN,…
Russia Says U.S. Congress Creating Economic Blockade Of Russia.
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Trump Spokesman Says Crimea Sanctions To Remain In Place Until Russia Leaves Peninsula.
Russia Says With Sanctions Eased, Joint Anti-Terror Operations Can Begin.
Western Companies Chomping At The Bit To Reinvest In Russia Says Official At Davos.
Opinion: For Putin, It’s The Sanctions Stupid!
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko threatened to declare martial law in Ukraine if the conflict with pro-Russian separatists in East Ukraine worsens. Violence has escalated to the highest level since the Minsk peace accords were signed last year between the separatists, Russia, Ukraine an other Western powers. “If the situation escalates…
Originally posted at the Washington Times… The Obama administration pushed sanctions against Russia for its illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine in 2014 and for the Kremlin’s backing of separatists in eastern Ukraine that continues to this day. The goal was to punish Russia for its actions, and…
Muscovites are like deer in the headlights as the price of crude oil heads towards a bottom as low as $15 a barrel. The great hydrocarbon collapse is starting to hit the inhabitants of the capital of the Russian Federation hard. Moscow is no longer the adult, fairytale, playground for…