EU imposes travel bans on 21 Russian officials, in other words, nothing damaging.
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[QUOTE]The EU has agreed to impose travel bans and asset freezes against 21 officials from Russia and Ukraine.
The move follows Sunday's referendum in Crimea, in which officials say 97% of voters backed breaking away from Ukraine and joining Russia.
The so-far unnamed individuals targeted by the sanctions are seen as having played a key role in the referendum, which Kiev, the US and EU deem illegal.
Pro-Russian forces have been in control of Crimea since late February.
Moscow says the troops are pro-Russian self-defence forces and not under its direct control.
The crisis follows the ousting on 22 February of Ukraine's pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovych, who had sparked months of street protests by rejecting a planned EU trade deal in favour of closer ties with Moscow.
The EU announced its new sanctions after a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26613567[/url]
We should freeze their Cypriot or Maltese bank accounts as well, that'll probably hurt way more.
That's right, impose ineffectual bans that won't really work out all that well in practice. You didn't even impose any sanctions.
That's because Europe depends on Russia for gas. Sanctions are a terrible idea.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_in_the_European_energy_sector#Natural_gas_deliveries[/url]
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;44266446]That's because Europe depends on Russia for gas. Sanctions are a terrible idea.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_in_the_European_energy_sector#Natural_gas_deliveries[/url][/QUOTE]
Guess they're pretty fucked them, ey?
Either complaints about sanctions hurting the people of Russia that did nothing, or complaints when the ones at fault are the only ones affected.
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