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On 17 March 2014, the United States, the European Union, and Canada introduced specifically targeted sanctions, [24] [25] [26] the day after the disputed Crimean referendum and a few hours before Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing Crimea as an independent state, laying the groundwork for the annexation of Crimea by Russia.
Despite international sanctions, Russian energy sales have increased in value, and its exports have expanded with new financing options and payment methods for international buyers. According to the Institute of International Finance, "Russia is swimming in cash", earning $97 billion from oil and gas sales through July 2022. According to a ...
In 2015, on the PepsiCo website, a Russian-language map was visible for a few days that depicted Crimea as a part of Russia. [487] The 2016 edition of a French atlas published by Larousse shows Crimea as part of Russian territory: Oleh Shamshur, Ukrainian Ambassador to France, expressed shock. [488]
A series of blasts suggest Crimea is now at the heart of what appears to be an audacious Ukrainian effort to target Russian supply lines and morale. Russian military sites in Crimea keep exploding ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has long vowed to end Russia's occupation of Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014. FIFA faces backlash over 'unacceptable' map of Ukraine that appeared to ...
They were able to indicate in detail the operations that led to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation using their web crawler. [2] The "UA" letters in the "LiveUAmap" name were originally from the country code for Ukraine, before the "Universal Awareness" acronym was officially proposed by the creators.
Hefty sanctions following Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine came hard and fast. But their effect has been wearing off. How the West Can Make Russian Sanctions Bite Again
New Zealand imposed "largely symbolic" sanctions in May 2014, [25] and in September 2014, Australia placed Russia, Crimea, and Sevastopol on the Australian autonomous sanctions list in response to the Russian threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, [26] [27] [28] while Japan sanctioned Russian military-related technology ...