During a meeting in Luxembourg, the European Union announced that they are extending economic sanctions against the Russian Federation until they “comply with the Minsk ceasefire” for Ukraine. The February ceasefire ended fighting in the Eastern Ukrianian Civil War, and continues to hold, albeit with intermittent violations.
The US and Western European nations have continued the narrative that the ceasefire isn’t holding enough, and it’s all Russia’s fault, and managed to convince the rest of the EU to extend the sanctions through the end of January 2016.
Russian officials blasted the announcement, vowing that they will impose countersanctions against the EU in retaliation. The tit-for-tat sanctions have hurt Russia somewhat, but have hurt Eastern European EU members far worse, which makes it surprising they signed of on the extension of the sanctions battle.
Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov was harshly critical of the timing of the announcement as well, noting that today is the Day of Memory and Sorrow, a day during which Russia honors WW2 victims, and accused the EU of timing the sanctions specifically as a slight to Russia in that regard.
So by which item isn't Russia abiding, according to the euro crooks?
Russia should immediately ban the likes of Airfrance KLM, Lufthansa, British Airways, Virgin from using the Russian federation airspace for their lucrative far east services. Hit em hard where it hurts.
That would amount to Russia withdrawing from the international civil aviation conventions, which would result in Russian-registered aircraft being banned from the airspace of most of the countries Russians want to go to and where most overseas Russians live. In would also bankrupt most of the Russian airlines and cause a huge loss of hard currency inflow into the Russian economy. That, in its turn, would open up yet another trap which, if Putin fell into it, would make him very unpopular with ordinary Russians.
What happened to Palestine in 1948 —- Would happen to a weak willed Russia
For when Israel invaded Palestine, they went door to door looking for the uneducated people of the laboring class, in short all those in the lower half of society. For they are submissive people and do not oppose authority, which is why the uneducated lower half of Palestine were ether sent into exile or put in refuge camps.
For this is what the Western world has decided must be done due to global warming.
Once again, Putin falls into the (as always, typically Israeli) trap of tit-for-tat retaliation. As long as he keeps falling into the trap, NATO and the EU will keep setting it. It 's all rather slapstick. Incidentally, the most likely reason why Mr Ditz is "surprised" that certain Member States approved the renewal is that the supposed "damage" to those states, much hyped in the US, is just not real.
Poroshenko and the corrupt officials of Kiev are running the country into the ground; they just need a scapegoat. Sort of like how Hitler and the national socialists blamed all problem on the Jews; Kiev, EU, and DC blame all Ukraine problems on Putin and the Russians.
"Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov was harshly critical of the timing of the announcement as well, noting that today is the Day of Memory and Sorrow, a day during which Russia honors WW2 victims, and accused the EU of timing the sanctions specifically as a slight to Russia in that regard."
Yeah. NATO thinks the wrong side won.