Sentences with phrase «against russia»

NEW YORK / SYDNEY (Reuters)- For the first time, the Chinese have become the biggest foreign buyers of apartments in Manhattan, real estate brokers estimate, taking the mantle from the Russians - whose activity has dropped off since the unrest in Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions against Russia by the United States.

Meanwhile, Putin's coursemate and head of the Investigative Committee is here again with a lengthy article in «Kommersant», this time declaring that bitcoin is used to finance «the information war against Russia.»

Alexander Bastrykin, the head of Russian Investigative Committee, believes that cryptocurrency threatens the country's financial stability and is used to finance extremism and media attacks against Russia.

Mr. Gref warned against Russia seeking to prematurely prohibit bitcoin, emphasizing that cryptocurrencies will comprise an enduring phenomena, and that the growing cryptocurrency economy will afford considerable opportunities to Russian businesses.

Today, special counsel Robert Mueller laid out his criminal case against Russia's Internet Research Agency, charging that the agency engaged in a sustained campaign to influence the 2016 presidential election.

A congressional bill that President Donald Trump recently signed into law established new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea included a short note about studying cryptocurrency to identify «emerging illicit finance threats.»

Top of the list will be the Prime Minister's report back on Monday, on the latest European summit, where the Brexit transitional deal and Britain's appeal for solidarity against Russia will both be discussed.

She has taken significant steps to try to punish Russia for the poisoning attack in Salisbury with the biggest diplomatic moves against Russia since the end of the Cold War.

Is the UK's success in uniting the EU against Russia a glimpse of what post-Brexit diplomacy could achieve?

He promotes more punitive sanctions against Russia rather than the kind of hand - holding flattery of President Vladimir V. Putin that Mr. Trump practiced even this week.

Putin advisor Sergey Gazyev suggests the use of #Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies to get around crippling western financial sanctions imposed against Russia

As Ukraine's struggle against Russia and its proxies continues, Kiev must also contend with a growing problem behind the front lines: far - right vigilantes who are willing to use intimidation and even violence to advance their agendas, and who often do so with the tacit approval of law enforcement agencies.

15 March 2018 It is the strongest action so far against Russia by the Trump administration, which has long been accused of being too soft on the Kremlin.

In addition GML, the company that controlled a majority of Yukos Oil Company's shares, is pursuing enforcement action against Russia in six other countries: Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, India and the United States.

«If you are a Canadian company looking to provide services in Russia, then one of the key considerations that you would look to, and I would suggest that it should be done early, is the application of U.S. sanctions and Canadian sanctions against Russia.»

Canada introduced its first batch of sanctions against Russia last March, in response to what Foreign Affairs describes as «Russia's violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Ukraine.»

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has filed a multimillion - dollar lawsuit against Russia, the Trump campaign and Wikileaks over an alleged 12 offences, including conspiracy, fraud and violations of the Wiretap Act.

For users who may be in need of information about the EU sanctions against Russia and its potential impact on international arbitrations seated in Sweden, SCC has added two new resources.

Georgia has instituted proceedings [PDF] against Russia at the International Court of Justice.

From the day Ukraine submitted its case against Russia at the ICJ, one could expect that the case would be extremely politicized and difficult to adjudicate.

The Russian Federation, the English proceedings relating to the US$ 50 billion arbitration awards obtained against Russia by the former majority shareholders of Yukos.

the adoption by the Council of restrictive measures against Russia in CFSP Decision 2014/512 did not breach Article 40 TEU by impinging on the Union's competences under the TFEU;

it was within the Council's broad discretion to determine that the measures adopted against Russia were necessary for the protection of essential European Union security interests and the maintenance of peace and international security, within the meaning of Article 99 of the EU ‑ Russia Partnership Agreement;

United States Nestle to pay Starbucks US$ 7.15 billion in global coffee alliance, Reuters Trump says he's «fighting back» against Russia investigation, not obstructing justice, The Guardian

I say defund them and sue each one of them for embezzlement and constitutional crimes for preparing an attack war (against Russia).

Best example I could proffer is one of the very first, a chart showing the attrition suffered by Napoleon's armies in his campaign against Russia.

Almost goofily, behind Official Washington's latest warmongering «group think,» the U.S. has plunged into a New Cold War against Russia with no debate about the enormous costs and the extraordinary risks of nuclear annihilation, Gray Brechin observes.

We [the State Department and the U.S. government] were up against Russia pushing oligarchs and others to buy media.

If this is not the case when implementing sanctions — against Russia or any other entity — they will be unsuccessful. . .

«We were up against Russia pushing oligarchs and others to buy media.

This version sees B Company fighting for the USA in a war against Russia in the near future.

A turn - based tactical strategy game where you control the Ghost Recon special forces squad in combat against Russia.

It was first deployed on the Eastern Front against Russia and was very effective in long range confrontation with the enemy and more useful in close quarter combat as it had the capability to be fitted with a bayonet or provide cover fire to help the advancing troops.

According to a film we had seen on board the boat, Ukraine had been at war many times against Russia, then Poland, then Russia again, then Turkey, then anyone else in the region so it was amazing that the city's buildings were in such good condition, especially the glorious Opera House where we were shown the Baroque interior.

Finally, the trader must also be familiar with the effects of geopolitical turmoil on a country's currency, such as the conflict in Crimea and the subsequent sanctions lobbied against Russia, as well as the effects of commodity prices on what is called commodity dollars.

In 1947, the United States was gearing up to play a new Great Game against Russia, and the slow but significant rise of a fundamentalist Islamic movement would ensure that Afghanistan and Pakistan would remain at the center of international politics well into the next century.

A Disgraced Air Force general (Burt Lancaster) breaks jail with two pals (Paul Benjamin and Burt Young), seizes a U.S. missile pad and threatens to launch against Russia if his demands aren't met.

We play India against Pakistan, Europe against Russia.

From the Studio: As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African - American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history.

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~ 100K Grindr users signed a petition against Russia's «gay propaganda» law and users helped to raise $ 107K to stop anti-gay legislation in Singapore.

However, U.S. sanctions against Russia, established in March 2014 after Russia's military intervention in Ukraine the previous month, have also impacted collaborative Arctic research efforts, albeit in relatively minor ways.

The mayor has often weighed in on world issues happening much further from New York City than Albany — including weighing on international sanctions against Russia at the same press conference where he ducked Moreland questions.

Boris Johnson has denied he suffered a «defeat» after the G7 group of nations rejected his proposal for sanctions against Russia — but his friends in the press do not agree.

It's not clear that the UK or her allies even asked Israel to act against Russia.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has told ITV's Peston on Sunday he backs Theresa May's action against Russia - while defending Jeremy Corbyn's response to the Salisbury ex-spy poisoning.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses President Trump's rejection of new sanctions against Russia.

BY ANDY HUMM Ten major Olympic sponsors from Coke to Dow Chemical ---- none of which has acceded to calls that they speak out forcefully against Russia's laws making it a crime to be gay in public ---- are now being pressured by the $ 161 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund, led by Comptroller -LSB-...]

The White House signaled to members of Congress it will back the politically sensitive bill to add further sanctions against Russia amid speculation of a possible veto by President Donald Trump.

Emails, coupled with interviews and court documents, show Flynn was not a rogue actor, as the White House has suggested, but rather was in close touch with other senior members of the Trump transition team both before and after he spoke with the Russian ambassador, Sergey I. Kislyak, about American sanctions against Russia.