THOMAS GROVE AND MATT SPETALNICK
Reuters
April 26, 2014
Source: http://www.infowars.com/group-of-seven-agrees-swift-sanctions-against-kremlin-over-ukraine/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/26/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA3O16720140426
Leaders of the Group of Seven major economies agreed to impose extra sanctions on Russia over its intervention in Ukraine, where armed pro-Moscow separatists detained a group of international observers and accused them of being NATO spies.
The United States said its part of the new punitive measures, which U.S. officials said would target “cronies” of Russian President Vladimir Putin, could be unveiled as early as Monday unless Russia moved fast to defuse the Ukraine crisis.
In a joint statement, the G7 leaders said Russia had not taken any concrete steps to implement an accord, signed in Geneva, that was intended to rein in illegal armed groups.
“Instead, it has continued to escalate tensions by increasingly concerning rhetoric and ongoing threatening military maneuvers on Ukraine’s border,” it said.
This article was posted: Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 7:03 am
Tags: foreign affairs, war