Day: May 19, 2018

Petro Poroshenko has put into effect the NSDC decision on sanctions against Russia The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko enacted the decision of national security Council and defence of Ukraine (NSDC) on the introduction of personal sanctions against Russian legal entities and individuals. This is stated in the order dated may 14, published on the website of the presidential administration. “To enact the decision of national security Council and defense of Ukraine from may 2, 2018 “On the application and cancellation of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)”, — the document says. It is noted that the decision comes into force from the date of publication. Sanctions list of individuals and companies is not specified. Recall that the national security Council under the chairmanship of Mr. Poroshenko took the decision to introduce restrictive measures similar to the us sanctions, it became known on 2 may. The United States

In the state Duma introduced a bill on prison time for refusing to refute In the State Duma introduced two bills introducing criminal and administrative liability for failure to execute a court decision on the termination of distribution or refutation of unlawful or unreliable information. Relevant documents published in the database of the state Duma. First, the authors of the bill propose to amend the article 315 of the criminal code in order to punish “willful failure” of such judgment by deprivation of liberty for a term up to one year or arrest up to three months. It is also possible the application of the penalty to 50 thousand rubles or in the amount of six months salary, or by compulsory works for a term up to 240 hours, or correctional labor for a term up to one year. The second bill contains amendments to the administrative offences code of

Germany have uncovered the reason for actively blocking US “Northern stream-2” Lock project “Northern stream-2” does not guarantee US an increase in sales of U.S. liquefied natural gas, the cost of which is higher than the price of fuel flowing through the pipelines. On Friday, may 18, said the Minister of economy and energy in Germany Peter Altmaier, according to Reuters. The United States have an extensive infrastructure of terminals for liquefied natural gas, which they must use to their advantage, he said. “But liquefied natural gas would be considerably more expensive than the gas supplied via pipelines, so lock the “Nord stream-2″ by itself will not guarantee exports,” said Altmaier. “US — our friends and partners, but we want to protect our common values,” — said the Minister. If Washington says that puts its economic interests in first place, he should expect that the Europeans will do the same,