EU makes first use of Magnitsky Act, on Russia

posted in: European Union, News

EU foreign relations chief Josep Borrell speaking to US secretary of state Anthony Blinken by video-link on Monday (Photo: consilium.europa.eu) The EU has agreed to blacklist Russian officials guilty of wrongly jailing opposition figure Alexei Navalny, in a new “low” … Read More

EU is ‘ready to impose new sanctions’ against Russia over Navalny

Josep Borrell and EU foreign affairs ministers will meet next week.  – AP EU countries are ready to impose new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning and imprisonment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Euronews has learned. A political decision is … Read More

Russia says will retaliate new US sanctions

posted in: News, Russia

In this file photo, taken on July 16, 2018, US President Donald Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin are seen arriving for a meeting in Helsinki, Finland. (By AFP) Russia says it will retaliate against the recent sanctions imposed … Read More