Sanctions News

Visiting US Deputy National Security Adviser Daleep Singh, referring to the "no limits" partnership between Moscow and Beijing, said India should not expect Russia to come to its defence in case China violates the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

West led by the US has imposed sanctions against Russia and President Putin Moscow is looking towards Asia, in particular, China and India for increased economic engagement 3 top US diplomats have already visited Delhi for foreign office consultations

Moscow will also cancel visa-free travel for Japanese citizens to the four disputed Pacific islands, which are known as the Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry as saying in a statement on Monday.

Justin Trudeau also met Britain's Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle "These sanctions put increased pressure on Putin's inner circle": Justin Trudeau

The White House has announced additional financial sanctions Thursday aimed at people in President Vladimir Putin's inner circle, and the State Department said it was imposing travel bans on 19 Russian oligarchs and dozens of their family members and associates.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, “the target is the stability in Europe and the whole of the international peace order, and we will hold President (Vladimir) Putin accountable for that.”

Washington imposed curbs on Bank Rossiya in 2014 for its close ties to Kremlin officials European lenders hold the lion`s share of the nearly $30 billion in foreign banks` exposure to Russia The US and the EU already have sanctions in place on Russia`s energy and defence sectors

The Indian embassy in Kyiv said that it is organising additional flights out of Ukraine in view of the continued tensions between Ukraine and Russia.

The Russian UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, warned Western powers to "think twice" and not worsen the situation.

On the issue of further sanctions on the Taliban, the group`s spokesperson Suhail Shaheen was seen on the backfoot in a recent interview. He said it would be a kind of injustice against the people of Afghanistan to impose sanctions.

US President Donald Trump said he instructed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to rescind sanctions imposed on Turkey after it attacked the Kurds "unless something happens that we are not happy with".

Additional sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States show that Washington`s offer of talks is not genuine, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Saturday.

Weeks after the United States pulled out of an international nuclear deal with Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday spelt out a hardline approach towards the Islamic Republic.

Trump suggested he has been holding back something important regarding what he knew at the time of ex-security adviser Michael Flynn`s firing.

"Our new executive order will cut off sources of revenue that fund North Korea`s efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to humankind."

Moon, a longtime dove who was elected in May, warned North Korea to end its string of nuclear and missile tests but also promised help if the communist neighbor changed course.

The international community must remain united and enforce sanctions against North Korea after its repeated launch of ballistic missiles, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in an editorial published in the New York Times on Sunday.

Putin denounced North Korea`s sixth and largest nuclear bomb test on Sunday, saying Russia did not recognise its nuclear status.  

 The United States imposed new sanctions on crisis-hit Venezuela on Wednesday, targeting members of a controversial, all-powerful, loyalist assembly installed last week to bolster what Washington calls the "dictatorship" of President Nicolas Maduro.

The threat came hours after US President Donald Trump threatened Pyongyang with "fire and fury" over its missile program