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| Russia says has right to answer new EU sanctions with its own |
| 2014-03-23 |
| [DAWN] Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday that Moscow has the right of a tit-for-tat response to the second wave of sanctions imposed by the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... over Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea. The EU imposed a new set of sanctions on Friday adding 12 Russians and Ukrainians to a list of people targeted by EU asset freezes and travel bans. There are now 33 on the list. "It's a pity that the European Council made a decision that is divorced from reality," the ministry's front man Alexander Lukashevich said in a statement on the ministry's website. "We believe it is time to return to the platform of pragmatic cooperation that reflects the interests of our countries. However, women are made to be loved, not understood... of course, the Russian side reserves itself the right to give a comparable answer to the actions taken." In a separate statement, the ministry said Moscow hoped the decision to send to Ukraine a monitoring mission of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe would help resolve what it called an "internal Ukrainian crisis". |
| Posted by:Fred |