Russia will ban nine prominent Canadian citizens from entering its territory indefinitely, its foreign ministry said on Monday, in a response to Canadian sanctions imposed in March over human rights concerns. Canada on March 24 set new sanctions on nine Russian officials over “gross and systematic violations of human rights in Russia.” Ottawa is particularly…
Russia Bans 9 Prominent Canadians From Its Territory in Sanctions Response
US Blacklists 3 Bulgarians, 64 Companies Over Corruption
WASHINGTON/SOFIA—The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 64 companies and three Bulgarians over corruption, including an oligarch accused of planning to create a conduit for Russian political leaders to influence the Bulgarian government. A statement by the Treasury Department said the move was its single biggest action targeting graft to date. Bulgaria ranks as…
Detained Belarusian Dissident Says He Was Set up by an Associate
KYIV, Ukraine—A dissident journalist arrested when Belarus diverted his flight said in a video from prison that he was set up by an unidentified associate. The footage of Roman Protasevich was part of an hour-long documentary aired late Wednesday by the state-controlled ONT channel. In the film, the 26-year-old Protasevich is also shown saying that…
Beijing Is in a Very Awkward Situation Due to Four Major Misjudgments Against the EU
June 2, 2021
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Commentary The relationship between China and Europe is deteriorating, and the European Union (EU) on May 20 passed a resolution to freeze ratification of the EU–China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), in response to China’s sanctions on EU politicians. What is foreseeable is that the Xi administration will make appropriate adjustments to its policy toward…
Belarus ‘Hijacking’ Set in Context of ‘More Assertive’ Russia, Says NATO Chief
Sanctions against Belarus for the “hijacking” of a passenger plane carrying a journalist who had been critical of the Lukashenko regime must be “fully implemented,” the head of NATO has said. Secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg met Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Downing Street on Wednesday and the pair discussed the future of the alliance ahead of…
US Records Second Oil ‘Import’ From Iran in 30 Years From Seized Tanker
A cargo of 1.033 million barrels of crude oil from a seized Iranian tanker landed on U.S. shores in March, showing up as an “import” in data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the second shipment of Iranian oil to be brought into the United States since 1991. The cargo was registered in last…
US, Europe Weigh Sanctions After Belarus Diverts Plane and Arrests Journalist
May 24, 2021
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U.S. and European officials said they are coordinating sanctions against Belarus after its authorities arrested a prominent opposition journalist from a plane diverted to the country with a bomb alert on Monday. The flight, from Irish budget airline Ryanair, was on its way to Vilnius, Lithuania from Athens, Greece, when Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered a fighter jet to…
US Sanctions Houthi Military Leaders as Peace Efforts Stall
DUBAI—The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Houthi military officials, the U.S. Treasury Department said, taking action over the Iran-aligned movement’s offensive to seize Yemen’s gas-rich Marib region. U.S. Special Envoy on Yemen Tim Lenderking earlier on Thursday urged the group battling a Saudi-led coalition for over six years to de-escalate and engage…
EU Executive Slows Drive for China Investment Deal
May 5, 2021
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BRUSSELS—The European Commission has dialed down efforts to promote its planned investment agreement with China, recognizing that EU lawmakers will not approve any such deal while Beijing maintains sanctions on five of their colleagues. The Commission said in a statement on Wednesday the EU-China Comprehensive Investment Agreement (CAI) could not be divorced from other EU-Chinese…
Five Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted to Death in the CCP’s Black Jails
From March 14 to April 12, 2021, in less than a month, at least five mainland Chinese Falun Gong practitioners were directly persecuted to death in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s prisons, detention centers, and other places of detention. Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice rooted in the Buddhist tradition,…
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