As news of #AlexeiNavalny's death spread, spontaneous memorials took place in several urban areas, with people taken into custody in 36 cities from the border city of #Belgorod to #Vorkuta, an Arctic mining outpost once a centre of the Stalin-era gulag labour camps, to #NizhnyNovgorod, #Krasnodar, #RostovOnDon and #Tver. #Ukraine
#Navalny's murder was a catalyst event. Suddenly things are moving fast & in a different direction in the #EU - and just maybe, hopefully in the #US.
#Sanctions could include the use of frozen #RussianAssets, a move that would be in addition to a levy #Belgium exacts from interest on immobilised cash reserves. #Ukraine
Sanctions contre Israël: les gauches convergent sur le principe
Initialement portée par les seuls Insoumis, la revendication de #sanctions diplomatiques et économiques contre l’État hébreu réunit de plus en plus les gauches françaises. L’embargo contre les armes fait consensus, de même qu’un durcissement des mesures contre la politique de colonisation.
The dead bird accepts money from terrorist. The same people who are promoting racists, authoritarians, bigots and outright neo-Nazis are also promoting terrorism?
Terrorists Are Paying for Check Marks on dead bird, Report Says. The report shows that x has accepted payments for subscriptions from entities barred from doing business in the United States, a potential violation of sanctions.
It is illegal, it is unethical, it is entirely on-brand for Elon Musk — and the fact that shitter is now furiously backpedaling underscores again it's dangerously unsafe for him to be a social media platform owner.
"We are forced to state that Russophobically charged British representatives do not shy away trying to discredit the constitutional system and socio-political processes in our country," Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Israel just bombed a tent city full of #refugees who fled North #Gaza for #Rafah on the #IDF's orders.
Horrifying photos show families frantically rummaging through the carnage for the limbs of their family members. I won't reproduce them here, but they can be found on the bird site from @gazanotifications
They are murdering poor people trapped in a concentration camp, in the places they were told to flee for safety. They are killing impoverished, innocent, starving Palestinians, mostly under 30, with nowhere else to go.
This brutality is unparalleled in my lifetime. All studies show that Israel is in a class of its own, outdoing the Dresden bombings by a landslide. Saying this is not antisemitic: it is your duty, whoever you are.
I am #Jewish: spiritually, scholarly, and Litvak Ashkenazi. It's not antisemitic for me, OR ANY NON-JEW to say. In fact, its every human's duty to call for this bloodshed to cease IMMEDIATELY, and to even call for this genocidal Zionist occupation to be dismantled before there is any more blood shed. Nothing keeps my heart beating like my Arab and Muslim comrades speaking out against this barabarism every day. All while facing the harshest consequences of anyone! This ugliness would quite literally drive me to kill myself if I didn't know so many people who are so brave.
I have been doing activism in Palestine since 2012, both boots-on-the-ground defense of protestors, and teaching programming. These are not antisemites; my Palestinian friends are as close to me as any others. And I have had 6 students murdered in Gaza in 120 days. All the others are starving, fleeing from tent city to tent city, trying to survive the most hellish circumstances of drone democide any people have ever witnessed in the history of humanity. Thats a simple fact now.
If you are a goy and claim to support this in our name, WE WILL REMEMBER. The vast majority of #Jews outside of Israel who are under 40 years old are anti-Zionists today. All the fastest growing Jewish organizations of the past decade are anti-Zionist. And we will not forget those who cheered on a 21st century #Holocaust while evoking the memory of our family members killed by Nazi #Germany. Especially not the #Germans, who have been by far the worst inciters and supporters of genocide outside of #Israel.
The sanctions announced by OFAC on Feb. 8 were targeted at three companies based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one in Liberia. The last company to be sanctioned by OFAC for violating the price cap in January 2024 was also registered in the UAE.
Some Russian banks may be evading sanctions on banknotes by trading gold in the UAE and Turkey, according to a report by Sayari, a financial-intelligence company.
In the 2022 decision to impose sanctions, Alisher Usmanov was described as a "pro-Kremlin oligarch with particularly close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin."
Our man in Brussels: The Insider has unmasked the GRU officer helping the Kremlin evade sanctions from his base in the heart of Europe https://theins.press/en/politics/268669
The European Commission aims to have the 13th sanctions package in place to mark the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, Reuters said.
Drone attacks by the Security Service of Ukraine reduced the export of oil products from Russia
Successful drone attacks by the Security Service of Ukraine on large oil refining enterprises reduced Russian exports of petroleum products by almost a third.
Some Turkish banks are reportedly closing accounts associated with Russian businesses for fear of triggering secondary sanctions from the United States.
The #settlers will not be allowed to send #money to the #UnitedStates or have anyone act on their behalf. The order also prevents any American from contributing money, goods or services to those sanctioned.
The financial #sanctions follow an announcement in early Dec restricting US #visas for people believed to have been involved in #settler#violence, as well as their immediate family members. Neither those restrictions, nor the sanctions announced on Wed affect the many US citizen settlers.
The European Commission aims to have the new sanctions package in place to mark the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, Reuters said.
When bilateral talks fail to resolve disputes between sovereign countries, aggrieved parties may turn to an international judicial body, such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. Alternatively, treaties or agreements often incorporate provisions for arbitration or mediation of disputes by a pre-designated...
À l’Assemblée, la sanctionnite aiguë de Yaël Braun-Pivet irrite la gauche
La présidente du Palais-Bourbon, qui multiplie les #sanctions à l’égard de la Nupes, se montre moins zélée avec le reste de l’hémicycle. Y compris au sein de la vice-présidence, des inquiétudes se font entendre quant à une possible atteinte à la liberté de parole des parlementaires, pourtant garantie par la #Constitution.
Russia announces sanctions against 18 UK citizens (kyivindependent.com)
"We are forced to state that Russophobically charged British representatives do not shy away trying to discredit the constitutional system and socio-political processes in our country," Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
US announces new sanctions aimed at enforcing price cap on Russian oil (kyivindependent.com)
The sanctions announced by OFAC on Feb. 8 were targeted at three companies based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one in Liberia. The last company to be sanctioned by OFAC for violating the price cap in January 2024 was also registered in the UAE.
Report: Russian banks evade sanctions by trading cash for gold (kyivindependent.com)
Some Russian banks may be evading sanctions on banknotes by trading gold in the UAE and Turkey, according to a report by Sayari, a financial-intelligence company.
EU declines to remove sanctions against Russian oligarch Usmanov (kyivindependent.com)
In the 2022 decision to impose sanctions, Alisher Usmanov was described as a "pro-Kremlin oligarch with particularly close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin."
Reuters: 13th EU sanctions package against Russia not likely to include new import bans (kyivindependent.com)
The European Commission aims to have the 13th sanctions package in place to mark the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, Reuters said.
ISW: Turkish banks close Russian accounts due to sanctions threat (kyivindependent.com)
Some Turkish banks are reportedly closing accounts associated with Russian businesses for fear of triggering secondary sanctions from the United States.
Reuters: European Commission to begin talks on 13th Russian sanctions package (kyivindependent.com)
The European Commission aims to have the new sanctions package in place to mark the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, Reuters said.
Opinion: Why the Russia sanctions are failing (kyivindependent.com)
When bilateral talks fail to resolve disputes between sovereign countries, aggrieved parties may turn to an international judicial body, such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. Alternatively, treaties or agreements often incorporate provisions for arbitration or mediation of disputes by a pre-designated...
Politico: EU may sanction Russian aluminum as part of next package (kyivindependent.com)
"Russian aluminum products are among the goods in focus for the EU’s next sanction package on Russia," according to EU diplomats, Politico said.