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They are a shot to the foot as there shouldn’t have been an abrupt transition from Russian energy supplies COMMENT | Brahma Chellaney | It seems obvious that sanctions – an increasingly important tool of Western foreign policy – should inflict significant pain on the target without exacting unsustainably high costs from …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Commission on Wednesday proposed the ninth package of sanctions against Russia that will include almost 200 individuals and entities and cut Russia’s access to drones. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement that the eight packages of sanctions introduced so …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | SC Villa will have to serve all the sanctions imposed on them by the FUFA Disciplinary panel earlier this month due to hooliganism. The FUFA Appeals Committee has upheld the sanctions of the FUFA Competitions Disciplinary Panel (CDP) following SC VIlla’s appeal. Earlier this month, …

United Nations | Xinhua | The United Nations Security Council on Thursday renewed Somalia sanctions until Nov. 15, 2023. Adopting Resolution 2662 by a vote of 11-0 with four abstentions, the 15-member council also renewed the mandate of the Somalia Panel of Experts until Dec. 15, 2023. China, Gabon, Ghana and …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has called for an end to sanctions against Zimbabwe. In a press statement released Wednesday evening, Mahamat said he once again renews the longstanding AU demand for the immediate and unconditional lifting of sanctions …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | The Zimbabwean media should take an editorial stance against the Western sanctions on Zimbabwe and help expose ways through which Zimbabweans have been affected by the embargo, a cabinet minister said Monday. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said it was time for Zimbabwean …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday demanded economic measures in response to Western sanctions, which are expected to intensify. “It is important to understand that the sanctions pressure on Russia will only increase,” Putin said at a government meeting on economic issues via video link. “In …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden slapped new sanctions on Russia on Friday, following Moscow’s formal recognition earlier in the day of four Ukrainian regions under Russian control since the early stage of the Russia-Ukraine conflict as Russian territory. Among the punitive measures announced by …

Budapest, Hungary | Xinhua | The Western countries’ sanctions against Russia have turned the “local” conflict between Russia and Ukraine into a “global economic war,” Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday. An increasing number of countries across the world are becoming “victim” of the conflict in Ukraine, Orban said …

Havana, Cuba | Xinhua | Cuba will again submit a resolution against the U.S. trade embargo at this year’s United Nations General Assembly in November, Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said Thursday. “After more than 60 years of siege, that policy impacts, like never before, Cuban families inside and …