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Latvia may open a criminal case against the organizer of tours to Crimea
The Security Police (SP) of Latvia requested that the prosecutor's office of Riga initiate criminal proceedings against a tour operator that organizes trips to the Crimea, Delfi.lv reported.
According to the SP, the criminal proceedings were initiated as a result of the violation of the EU ban on providing services directly related to tourism in the Crimea and Sevastopol. The SP believes that enough evidence was gathered to start criminal proceedings against one individual for an intentional …
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PACE to impose sanctions against those involved in persecution in Crimea
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will impose personal sanctions against all of those who are involved in political persecution in Crimea. A member of the Permanent Delegation of the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian Parliament), Georgy Logvynskiy, posted this on his Facebook page.
According to the PACE resolution, the targeted sanctions include freezing assets and bank accounts, an entry ban and other sanctions, including arrest and detention. "These targeted sanctions …
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Peskov: If Ukraine's European integration negatively affects Russia, we will take countermeasures
If Ukraine's integration into the European Union negatively affects Russian interests, then Moscow will assume balancing measures, reported the Russian President's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.
"It is a subject which concerns, most likely, the European Union and Ukraine. As much as it concerns Russian-Ukrainian relations and the economic relations of Russia, we will trace the possible negative consequences very attentively," RIA Novosti quotes Peskov.
According to Peskov, Moscow is …
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US concerned by Russia's transfer of weapons to Syria
Deputy National Security Adviser, Ben Rhodes, stated that the White House is concerned by recent information indicating that Russia is transferring more weapons into Syria.
“We are concerned that Russia is transferring military equipment into Syria,” Voice of America reported, citing the statement of Obama’s Deputy Adviser at the press conference in Riyadh.
According to Rhodes, on March 14th, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a public statement regarding the withdrawal of Russian troops …
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EU sets conditions for the provision of 600 million Euros to Kiev
The European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, stated on the 21st of April that the European Union has expressed its readiness to provide the second tranche of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine. It is about 600 million Euros. At the same time, he stressed that Ukraine has to fulfill certain conditions in order to receive the money.
According to Hahn, it is first necessary to make every effort in the fight against corruption, in …