Wednesday 30 July 2014

EU & US Impose Sanctions on Russia

Russia responded angrily on Saturday to additional sanctions imposed by EU, mentioning that they would hamper cooperation on security issues and undermine the fight against terrorism and organized crime.

EU reached an agreement on Friday to impose economic sanctions for the first time on Russia, over its behavior in Ukraine. Also, it imposed travel bans and asset freezes on the chiefs of Russia's FSB security service and foreign intelligence service and a number of other top Russian officials

Russia Foreign minister mentioned that, the sanctions is a direct evidence that EU countries have set the stage for scaling down cooperation with Russia over the issues of international and regional security. This includes fight against the proliferation of weapon of mass destruction, terrorism, organized crime and other new challenges and dangers

Important to note, US and other western countries accuse the separatists of downing the plane MH17 with a surface-to-air missile supplied by Russia. Although, the separatists deny shooting down the plane and Russia says it has provided no such weapon. US & EU cleverly calibrated and mutually agreed on measures which are certainly pressurizing towards and willing to have a serious talk with Russia 

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