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haha, no ;p he ignore european parliament, rightly
O no, please not another troll ... Those who ignore normal questions, and those who wrote to that mad man rumpil often turn out to be trolls as well, so hopefully this time is different.
O no, please not another troll ... Those who ignore normal questions, and those who wrote to that mad man rumpil often turn out to be trolls as well, so hopefully this time is different.
Dutch F-16 fighter jets patrol Baltic skies
Monday 01 September 2014
Four Dutch airforce F-16 fighter jets are patrolling the skies above Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from Monday, broadcaster RTL news reports.
Ministers agreed in May the Dutch jets would form part of the Nato effort in the Baltics until the end of 2014. The Baltic states requested extra Nato support following the Russian annexation of Crimea and its intervention in Ukraine.
The F-16s are based in north eastern Poland.
© DutchNews.nl
Monday 01 September 2014
Four Dutch airforce F-16 fighter jets are patrolling the skies above Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from Monday, broadcaster RTL news reports.
Ministers agreed in May the Dutch jets would form part of the Nato effort in the Baltics until the end of 2014. The Baltic states requested extra Nato support following the Russian annexation of Crimea and its intervention in Ukraine.
The F-16s are based in north eastern Poland.
© DutchNews.nl
Australia to adopt tougher sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
Government to cease arms exports and deny state-owned banks new access to Australia’s capital market
Russian soldiers near the border with Ukraine Russian soldiers near the border with Ukraine. Photograph: Alexander Demianchuk/REUTERS
Australia will escalate its sanctions against Russia, with the government barring arms exports to the country and denying Russian state-owned banks new access to the Australian capital market.
Tony Abbott told parliament on Monday that Australia would follow the European Union in adopting tougher sanctions against Russia, accusing Moscow of “deliberately and now openly violating Ukrainian sovereignty”.
The new sanctions will ban arms exports to Russia, bar Russian state-owned banks from further access to the Australian capital market and rule out oil and gas exports to the country.
Abbott added there would be no new Australian trade or investment in the Crimean peninsula, the area Russia annexed in March, as well as “further targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against specific individuals”.
These bans will affect a further 63 Russian and Ukrainian individuals and 21 organisations and businesses. A total of 113 individuals and 32 entities have now been targeted directly by Australian sanctions.
Australia already has sanctions in place against Russia, which retaliated with a “full embargo” on all Australian food exports in August. Two-way trade between Australia and Russia was worth nearly $1.8 billion in 2013, according to the department of foreign affairs and trade.
On Sunday, European Union leaders told Russia that it had a week to reverse its apparent incursion into Ukraine or face fresh sanctions.
According to Nato, Russia has sent at least 1,000 troops to support insurgents battling Ukrainian government forces in eastern Ukraine. It estimates that about 20,000 Russian troops have amassed near the Russia-Ukraine border, raising fears of a direct confrontation between the countries.
Abbott said Australia’s new sanctions had been co-ordinated with the US, Canada and Europe, warning that further sanctions may follow.
The prime minister again blamed Russian-backed rebels for shooting down the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in July, resulting in 38 Australian deaths.
“Russia started it and Russia must take responsibility for this loss of life,” Abbott told parliament.
“And now, Madam Speaker, Russia quite brazenly is trying to break the eastern Ukraine away from Ukraine itself into a separate country.
“If Russia persists in its attempt to break up a neighbouring country that has done it no harm, it risks becoming an international pariah.”
He added that “the bullying of small nations by big ones and assertions that might is right should have no place in our world”.
Government to cease arms exports and deny state-owned banks new access to Australia’s capital market
Russian soldiers near the border with Ukraine Russian soldiers near the border with Ukraine. Photograph: Alexander Demianchuk/REUTERS
Australia will escalate its sanctions against Russia, with the government barring arms exports to the country and denying Russian state-owned banks new access to the Australian capital market.
Tony Abbott told parliament on Monday that Australia would follow the European Union in adopting tougher sanctions against Russia, accusing Moscow of “deliberately and now openly violating Ukrainian sovereignty”.
The new sanctions will ban arms exports to Russia, bar Russian state-owned banks from further access to the Australian capital market and rule out oil and gas exports to the country.
Abbott added there would be no new Australian trade or investment in the Crimean peninsula, the area Russia annexed in March, as well as “further targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against specific individuals”.
These bans will affect a further 63 Russian and Ukrainian individuals and 21 organisations and businesses. A total of 113 individuals and 32 entities have now been targeted directly by Australian sanctions.
Australia already has sanctions in place against Russia, which retaliated with a “full embargo” on all Australian food exports in August. Two-way trade between Australia and Russia was worth nearly $1.8 billion in 2013, according to the department of foreign affairs and trade.
On Sunday, European Union leaders told Russia that it had a week to reverse its apparent incursion into Ukraine or face fresh sanctions.
According to Nato, Russia has sent at least 1,000 troops to support insurgents battling Ukrainian government forces in eastern Ukraine. It estimates that about 20,000 Russian troops have amassed near the Russia-Ukraine border, raising fears of a direct confrontation between the countries.
Abbott said Australia’s new sanctions had been co-ordinated with the US, Canada and Europe, warning that further sanctions may follow.
The prime minister again blamed Russian-backed rebels for shooting down the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in July, resulting in 38 Australian deaths.
“Russia started it and Russia must take responsibility for this loss of life,” Abbott told parliament.
“And now, Madam Speaker, Russia quite brazenly is trying to break the eastern Ukraine away from Ukraine itself into a separate country.
“If Russia persists in its attempt to break up a neighbouring country that has done it no harm, it risks becoming an international pariah.”
He added that “the bullying of small nations by big ones and assertions that might is right should have no place in our world”.
EU Will Decide New Sanctions for Russia by Friday, Says New Foreign Minister
Newly elected EU Foreign Policy Chief, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, arrives for a news conference at the European Parliament in Brussels September 2, 2014. Laurent Dubrule/Reuters
European Union governments will take a decision on a package of new sanctions against Russia by Friday, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini told the European Parliament on Tuesday.
"On Monday, yesterday, the Coreper (EU ambassadors) met, the Commission is going to present the proposal, finalised proposal of the package by tomorrow, and the decision will be taken by Friday," Mogherini said.
She added the Commission was working on a strengthened package of sanctions against Russia over its military invasion of Ukraine in four sectors, which include defense, dual use goods and finance.
EU leaders chose Mogherini on Saturday to be the bloc's next foreign policy chief, succeeding Briton Catherine Ashton when she steps down in October.
Mogherini, who some eastern European states have criticized as being too soft on Russia, said the situation in Ukraine had changed because of Russia’s behavior and the EU-Russia relationship was no longer a partnership.
“A strategic partnership is over. Clearly it’s over and that was Moscow’s choice… We have a problem on the Ukrainian territory. We have a conflict, clearly,” she said.
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Newly elected EU Foreign Policy Chief, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, arrives for a news conference at the European Parliament in Brussels September 2, 2014. Laurent Dubrule/Reuters
European Union governments will take a decision on a package of new sanctions against Russia by Friday, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini told the European Parliament on Tuesday.
"On Monday, yesterday, the Coreper (EU ambassadors) met, the Commission is going to present the proposal, finalised proposal of the package by tomorrow, and the decision will be taken by Friday," Mogherini said.
She added the Commission was working on a strengthened package of sanctions against Russia over its military invasion of Ukraine in four sectors, which include defense, dual use goods and finance.
EU leaders chose Mogherini on Saturday to be the bloc's next foreign policy chief, succeeding Briton Catherine Ashton when she steps down in October.
Mogherini, who some eastern European states have criticized as being too soft on Russia, said the situation in Ukraine had changed because of Russia’s behavior and the EU-Russia relationship was no longer a partnership.
“A strategic partnership is over. Clearly it’s over and that was Moscow’s choice… We have a problem on the Ukrainian territory. We have a conflict, clearly,” she said.
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Wit the new sanctions of Australia against Russia, Russia is even more close to a recession. Hopefully the megalomaniac idiot Putin is affraid of a recession :/
Russian recession risk at record high as further sanctions loom
The chance of Russia's economy tipping into a recession is rising as the escalating crisis in Ukraine raises the risk of the government in Moscow retaliating with further import bans, according to a survey of analysts.
The probability of a recession in the next 12 months rose to 65pc from 50pc, the highest since the first such Bloomberg survey in June 2012.
This is according to the average estimate of 26 economists polled.
Russia will enact additional restrictions in retribution for sanctions imposed by the US and the European Union, according to 15 of 25 economists.
Of those, 12 expect Russia to target cars and consumer goods.
The standoff with Western countries over Ukraine is capsizing Russia's $2 trillion economy.
The rouble weakened, inflation accelerated and capital flight quickened as the two sides exchanged salvos of sanctions.
After the US and the EU blacklisted some Russian individuals and businesses, President Vladimir Putin, pictured, this month banned imports of some food products.
"After the last round of sanctions and somewhat unexpectedly harsh Russian retaliation, which is going to hurt it more than the Western countries, it is becoming obvious that economic reasoning was not found in Russian policy makers' toolkit," said Nerijus Maciulis, chief economist at Swedbank Lithuania.
Russian sovereign bonds have declined 11.23pc since the beginning of the year, compared with a 6.23pc advance for comparable bonds.
The rouble has lost more than 10pc against the dollar this year.
Ukraine and its allies blame Russia for aiding the separatist insurgency with manpower and weapons.
The government in Moscow says it isn't involved in its neighbour's unrest in which more than 2,000 people are estimated by the United Nations to have been killed.
Mr Putin, after a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, said last week he "will do everything for this peace process".
Even so, Mr Poroshenko yesterday called an emergency security meeting to defend against what he called a "de facto" Russian incursion.
Russian recession risk at record high as further sanctions loom
The chance of Russia's economy tipping into a recession is rising as the escalating crisis in Ukraine raises the risk of the government in Moscow retaliating with further import bans, according to a survey of analysts.
The probability of a recession in the next 12 months rose to 65pc from 50pc, the highest since the first such Bloomberg survey in June 2012.
This is according to the average estimate of 26 economists polled.
Russia will enact additional restrictions in retribution for sanctions imposed by the US and the European Union, according to 15 of 25 economists.
Of those, 12 expect Russia to target cars and consumer goods.
The standoff with Western countries over Ukraine is capsizing Russia's $2 trillion economy.
The rouble weakened, inflation accelerated and capital flight quickened as the two sides exchanged salvos of sanctions.
After the US and the EU blacklisted some Russian individuals and businesses, President Vladimir Putin, pictured, this month banned imports of some food products.
"After the last round of sanctions and somewhat unexpectedly harsh Russian retaliation, which is going to hurt it more than the Western countries, it is becoming obvious that economic reasoning was not found in Russian policy makers' toolkit," said Nerijus Maciulis, chief economist at Swedbank Lithuania.
Russian sovereign bonds have declined 11.23pc since the beginning of the year, compared with a 6.23pc advance for comparable bonds.
The rouble has lost more than 10pc against the dollar this year.
Ukraine and its allies blame Russia for aiding the separatist insurgency with manpower and weapons.
The government in Moscow says it isn't involved in its neighbour's unrest in which more than 2,000 people are estimated by the United Nations to have been killed.
Mr Putin, after a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, said last week he "will do everything for this peace process".
Even so, Mr Poroshenko yesterday called an emergency security meeting to defend against what he called a "de facto" Russian incursion.
I'm still wondering why EU (read: Merkel) decided to get involved in this USA war vs Russia.
4 Things to Watch as Obama Heads to Estonia, NATO Summit in Wales
Can the Obama Doctrine neutralize the Putin Doctrine? Can it quash the terror threat from radical Islamic extremism?
The answers may well depend on President Obama’s trip this week to Russia-bordering Estonia and a summit of NATO allies in Wales, perhaps the group’s most consequential meeting since the Cold War.
Obama will arrive in Europe Wednesday determined to show that coalition-building and multilateral diplomacy is the best weapon against imminent security threats from a common enemy. So far, the approach has done little to deter Russian incursions into Ukraine, or stunt the rise of Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.
“What we are seeing is the old order not working, but the new order not being born yet,” Obama told donors at a private fundraiser Friday in New York. “And it is a rocky road through that process, and a dangerous time through that process.”
A rocky and dangerous test, as a defiant Russian President Vladimir Putin asserts a right to defend ethnic Russians wherever they are and ISIS militants vow a fight to extend their caliphate across the globe.
As the world watches Obama’s huddle with NATO allies, here are four things to look out for:
1. TOUGH TALK FOR PUTIN: ‘DON’T MESS WITH’ US
Obama kicks off his three-day European swing with a stop on Putin’s doorstep in Tallinn, Estonia, a former Soviet Union country and NATO member unnerved by Russia’s push into Ukraine. He’ll also meet with the presidents of neighboring Latvia and Lithuania.
While there has been no shortage of tough talk about Russia or Putin, look for Obama to be more assertive about the U.S. military commitment to defending NATO allies.
“The message the president will be sending is, ‘We stand with you. Article 5 constitutes an ironclad guarantee of your security,’” Charles Kupchan of Obama’s National Security Council said. “‘Russia, don’t even think about messing around in Estonia or in any of the Baltic areas in the same way that you have been messing around in Ukraine.’”
Article 5 of the NATO charter means an attack on one member is treated as an attack on all, a key difference from the crisis in Ukraine, which is not a NATO member.
2. NATO RETOOLS ITS MILITARY MIGHT
For NATO, the first major summit since 2012 will be a defining moment. Leaders will agree to modernizing its military might, creating a “spearhead” rapid-response force of 4,000 troops that is nimble and fast, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says. It will “travel light, but strike hard” and “deploy at very short notice,” within hours.
The White House says the move is aimed specifically at the “hybrid or asymmetric warfare” tactics that the Russians have been using effectively in eastern Ukraine. “Guys coming across in masks, you don’t know who they are” have become the most urgent concern, as opposed to trundling armored columns “which you can normally see in advance,” official said.
NATO is also for the first time prepared to deploy forces at new military installations along Russia’s western border; what Rasmussen calls “reception facilities.” These would be bases in Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia to host NATO troops pretty much all the time, administration officials say, though the nationality of the units and composition will rotate.
Also look for the alliance to announce new financial support for Ukraine’s military, including logistics, command and control systems and cyberdefense, even if NATO cannot and will not deploy forces in Ukraine, officials said.
3. NOT INVITED: HOW WILL PUTIN RESPOND?
Putin wasn’t invited to the NATO summit, but he will still be the center of attention for 67 heads of state and government assembled in Wales. Obama administration officials say NATO’s military posturing is more protective than provocative, but what may matter more is how Putin perceives it.
He has been defiant after months of Western condemnation and economic sanctions over Russian intervention in Ukraine. He reportedly boasted to some European leaders Saturday that, “If I want, I can take Kiev in two weeks,” according to Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper.
Will talk of yet another round of U.S. and European sanctions influence Russia’s plan in Ukraine? Will NATO’s new “spearhead” force be a deterrent?
“I am sure the reaction will be strong. It will probably, again, provoke the additional force; Russian forces along in this area, so we will see a buildup on both sides,” Heather Conley of the Center for Strategic and International Studies said. “There are Cold War elements of it, and this is going to be one of them, where you will see a response, but we have to react to the instability, and quite frankly, it ensures stability.”
4. STILL ‘NO STRATEGY’? OBAMA’S PLAN TO FIGHT ISIS IN SYRIA
President Obama says “strong regional partnerships” are the cornerstone of any comprehensive strategy to confront Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, and this week he will have a face-to-face opportunity to shore up an international coalition.
But will allies like the U.K.’s David Cameron press him to do more, and fast?
Obama arrives in Great Britain with a national terror alert at its highest level in five years on account of the threat from ISIS.
Cameron Monday declared ISIS a “direct threat to every European country,” calling for a “firm security response with a military action to go after terrorists.”
Obama, by contrast, has said ISIS is merely “an immediate threat to the people of Iraq and to people throughout the region.”
“Rooting out a cancer like ISIL will not be quick or easy, but I’m confident that we can and we will, working closely with our allies and our partners,” he said in a measured statement before Labor Day.
Administration officials say the NATO summit will include discussions on possible engagement in the “Iraq and Syrian theater.” Look for what concrete military commitments and strategies may emerge.
Winter is coming, Putin is going to piss on the recession and empty threats made by a confused EU
I'm still wondering why EU (read: Merkel) decided to get involved in this USA war vs Russia.
I wonder why you choose these clearly biased words to ask your question ..... Maybe you chould start reading about it, then you can find the answer yourself. No need to ask a question like that if you have free access to the internet and all info.
I wonder why you choose these clearly biased words to ask your question ..... Maybe you chould start reading about it, then you can find the answer yourself. No need to ask a question like that if you have free access to the internet and all info.
Winter is coming, Putin is going to piss on the recession and empty threats made by a confused EU
Unfortunately the EU is way to weak. There should be a full ban on all export to Russia. Russia doesn't produce enough food to feed Russia. Lets see how much respect Putin will loose when people start to get really hungry. A long ban is probably not even needed when it's about food.
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Unfortunately the EU is way to weak. There should be a full ban on all export to Russia. Russia doesn't produce enough food to feed Russia. Lets see how much respect Putin will loose when people start to get really hungry. A long ban is probably not even needed when it's about food.
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Yes, his popularity is growing, at home and in the world too (except just war loving countries on the west and some on the east).
Slovak prime minister Fico told to EU that we will consider accepting any next sanction and this mean that we will not accept every silly ask from the EU.
- past sanctions did not solve anything
- past sanction hurt russia but also hurt EU and Russia GDP is growing but EU is still the crises
and what is the most important, our prime minister (no matter that I dont like him) told to EU, that Slovakia is making own picture on real situations there. This mean that we dont belive to EU fairy-tales about Ukraine any more.
And be sure, that more states has similar attidtude. We dont want join to next silly sanctions based on lies !
I wrote here few page ago, how cheap is now poland selling their cabbage :-)
- past sanctions did not solve anything
- past sanction hurt russia but also hurt EU and Russia GDP is growing but EU is still the crises
and what is the most important, our prime minister (no matter that I dont like him) told to EU, that Slovakia is making own picture on real situations there. This mean that we dont belive to EU fairy-tales about Ukraine any more.
And be sure, that more states has similar attidtude. We dont want join to next silly sanctions based on lies !
I wrote here few page ago, how cheap is now poland selling their cabbage :-)
dont forget on the fact, that all russians are used to have limitations, poor and bad live condition, no matter that last 10-20 years it grow very much.
But people in EU will start a revolt just when TV will stop broadcasting for few days :-DD
But people in EU will start a revolt just when TV will stop broadcasting for few days :-DD
Stop posting your Kremlin news please, lying troll!
Trade sanctions only make sense if you really ignore everything about trade.