The United States has imposed new sanctions on the families of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, including President Putin’s daughters. “I made it clear that Russia would pay a serious and immediate price for its atrocities in Bucha,” President Joe Biden wrote on Twitter after the announcement. “Today, together with our Allies and partners, we announce a new round of catastrophic sanctions.” U.S. officials have said that Maria and Katerina Putin, his two adult daughters, will face sanctions, as well as Mr. Lavrov’s wife and children and members of Russia’s Security Council. The move comes as Boris Johnson has gone further in condemning the Russian military’s alleged actions in Bukha, saying the killing of Ukrainian civilians is not “far from genocide”. Speaking during a visit to a hospital in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom said “it is not surprising that people respond the way they respond”.
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Turkey hopes for further Ukraine-Russia peace talks
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu said on Wednesday that the killing of civilians in Ukraine had made peace talks between Moscow and Kiev more difficult, but that he expected more talks, possibly eventually between foreign ministers. Speaking to NATO ahead of a meeting with his counterparts, Tsavousoglu also said the alliance was aware of Ukraine’s demands for more weapons and that the allies were trying to step up aid. Joe Middleton6 April 2022 16:28 1649258296
The British government freezes the assets of Russia’s largest bank with the latest sanctions
The United Kingdom has imposed a freeze on assets of the Kremlin’s largest bank and cut off all new investment in Russia, the government has said. The asset freeze will apply to Sberbank – the country’s largest bank – in coordination with the US and the Credit Bank of Moscow. Secretary of State Liz Truss has also pledged to end all imports of Russian coal and oil by the end of 2022, writes Ashley Cowburn. Joe Middleton6 April 2022 16:18 1649257192
US Department of Justice accuses Russian media baron of violating sanctions
The US Department of Justice has announced that it has stopped a Russian cybercrime operation and has charged an oligarch with violating sanctions. “I said last month that we would not take any steps in our efforts to investigate, apprehend and prosecute those whose crimes allow Russia to continue its unjust war in Ukraine,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Wednesday. “This is a promise we keep.” Read below for more on this evolving story: Thomas Kingsley6 April 2022 15:59 1649255733
How much oil does the European Union import from Russia?
Europe is the destination for almost half of Russia’s crude and oil exports, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), a Paris-based body comprising 31 major industrialized countries and much of the EU. This represents 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and 1.2 million bpd of petroleum products. Russia is Europe’s largest oil supplier, supplying just over a quarter of EU oil imports by 2020, according to the bloc’s Eurostat statistics service. Germany is the EU’s top buyer of Russian oil with 555,000 barrels per day, or 34 percent of its total oil imports in 2021, according to the ILO. Russia’s neighbor, Poland, imported 300,000 bpd, or 63 percent, in 2021. Germany and Poland are both north of the Druzhba pipeline, the main crossing point for Russian oil exports to Europe. In November, the Netherlands imported 748.00 bpd, or 23 percent of its total, although Germany imported more per month and the country exports instead of consuming much of its fuel from the huge Amsterdam-Rotterdam oil refinery. Antwerp. Russia Ukraine War Energy Security (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Thomas Kingsley6 April 2022 15:35 1649255656
IMPORTANT: US to impose sanctions on Putin and Lavrov’s families as ‘dramatically escalates economic shock’ in Russia
The United States will impose sanctions on the families of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as part of a new package of sanctions aimed at “dramatically escalating” the “economic shock” that has befallen Moscow since the invasion of Moscow. in Ukraine in February. Andrew Feinberg has more to say about this evolving story:
The United States will impose sanctions on the families of Vladimir Putin and Lavrov
The United States will impose sanctions on the families of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as part of a new package of sanctions aimed at “dramatically escalating” the “economic shock” that has befallen Moscow since the invasion of Moscow. in Ukraine in February. Thomas Kingsley6 April 2022 15:34 1649254782
Labor will support new sanctions against Russia, says Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer said the Labor Party would support any new government sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine. Speaking during a visit to the Bacup in Lancashire, the Labor leader said the United Kingdom should provide the Ukrainians with all the support it can. “This means military support to help them defend their cities and their country,” he said. “It means to be absolutely clear with one voice that these war crimes, and they are war crimes, will end up prosecuting those responsible. “If the government wants tougher sanctions, it knows what to do. Put a package in Parliament, we will vote for it, it will pass very quickly “. (Getty) Thomas Kingsley6 April 2022 15:19 1649253858
War in Ukraine could be ‘long time away’, says NATO chief
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said the war in Ukraine could be “long-lasting”, with Vladimir Putin still intending to take full control of the country. “We have all seen the atrocities committed in Bukha and elsewhere in Ukraine,” he said. “This reveals the true nature of President Putin’s war. “Any targeting and killing of civilians is a war crime and, therefore, NATO allies support international efforts to establish all the facts, to investigate and to ensure that the perpetrators are punished.” Speaking as the NATO foreign minister gathered in Brussels, he said Russian forces were moving from northern Ukraine to re-deploy in the Donbas region in the east of the country “where we expect a major attack”. “We have not seen any indication that President Putin has changed his ambition to control the whole of Ukraine and also to rewrite the international order, so we have to be prepared for a long time.” (AFP via Getty Images) Thomas Kingsley6 April 2022 15:04 1649253043
“More military support will come,” says former UK national security adviser
Sir Mark Lyall Grant, a former UK national security adviser and former UK permanent representative to the United Nations, has said he expects “commitments for more military support”. He told BBC Radio 4’s World at One program: “To strike the right balance between military support for Ukraine, which is helping it fight the Russian invasion, and not to give Putin an excuse to escalate the conflict. . “I think we will see commitments to more military support for the kind of anti-tank weapons, maybe some anti-ship missiles that have not yet reached the theater, as well as surface-to-air missiles. “As far as tanks and fighter jets are concerned … NATO has been very cautious so far, but now that the Czech Republic seems to be deciding to send Russian-made tanks to the theater, there may be some other NATO members pushing for it. we do that too “. He added: “Certainly, the evidence of war crimes and human rights abuses that have been uncovered in recent days has increased the level of outrage in the West and certainly increased the willingness to look into further arms supplies … if Ukraine now leaves to go on the offensive for “to try to take back territory occupied by Russia in the east of the country, they will need slightly different types of weapons.” Thomas Kingsley6 April 2022 14:50 1649252143
Watch live the arrival of NATO Foreign Ministers at the meeting of Ukraine in Brussels
Watch live the arrival of NATO Foreign Ministers at the meeting of Ukraine in Brussels Thomas Kingsley6 April 2022 14:35 1649251243
Hungary ready to pay for gas in rubles if Russia wants it, says Prime Minister Orban
“Hungary would have no difficulty paying for gas supplies from Russia in rubles, and if Russia asked for it in Budapest, it would do so,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a news conference on Wednesday. (AP) Thomas Kingsley6 April 2022 14:20
