{"id":4346,"date":"2020-03-09T13:21:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T13:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=4346"},"modified":"2020-03-09T13:21:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T13:21:47","slug":"four-ukrainians-added-to-eu-blacklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=4346","title":{"rendered":"Four Ukrainians added to EU blacklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"art\"><\/figure>\n<header>\n<h1>Four Ukrainians added to EU blacklist<\/h1>\n<p class=\"subhead\">EU foreign ministers extend travel bans, approve financial support to Ukraine and authorise suspension of tariffs. <\/p>\n<\/header>\n<footer class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"byline\">European Voice<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<footer class=\"meta\">\n<p>\n\t\t\tBy\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\">Andrew Gardner<\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"timestamp\"><time datetime=\"2014-04-14T08:13:29+00:00\">4\/14\/14, 8:13 AM CET<\/time><\/p>\n<p class=\"updated\">Updated <time datetime=\"2014-04-23T22:07:28+00:00\">4\/23\/14, 10:07 PM CET<\/time><\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.nrlshops.com\/rugby-Jerseys' title='cheap nrl jerseys'>cheap nrl jerseys<\/a><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>Four Ukrainians believed to have embezzled large sums from the Ukrainian state have been added to a list of former officials and family members barred from entering the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>Assets that they hold in the EU will also be frozen.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was approved today (14 April) by foreign ministers from the EU\u2019s 28 member states. The names of those added to the blacklist have not been disclosed. The sanctions will come into effect when the names are published tomorrow in the EU\u2019s Official Gazette.<\/p>\n<p>A previous list of 18 Ukrainians subject to EU sanctions included nine members of four families in the circle around the ousted president, Viktor Yanukovych, including Yanukovych and his two sons. The other families included former prime minister Mykola Azarov and his son, the former head of Yanukovych\u2019s presidential administration, Andriy Kliuiev, and his brother, and Viktor Pshonka, the former prosecutor-general, and his son. Five others sanctioned were former ministers.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the EU\u2019s foreign ministers today approved two measures intended to support Ukraine\u2019s economy. One measure increases the EU\u2019s financial support to Ukraine by \u20ac1 billion, to \u20ac1.6bn. The support, which comes in the form of loan guarantees, is part of a broader package of international support put together by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and conditioned on Ukraine\u2019s implementation of wide-ranging reforms.<\/p>\n<p>The ministers also gave their formal backing to a proposal by the European Commission to remove import tariffs on a wide range of agricultural, industrial and other goods. The measure has already been approved by the European Parliament. The removal of import tariffs is temporary, but would become permanent when and if the Ukrainian government signs a free-trade agreement with the EU. The deal is ready for signing, but the EU and Ukraine agreed last month to defer signature. It is likely to be signed once presidential elections are held in Ukraine on 25 May.<\/p>\n<p>The EU\u2019s foreign ministers will make another declaration on Ukraine at the end of their meeting today, setting out their assessment of and possible response to the seizure of around a dozen towns in eastern Ukraine by armed groups. In a statement issued yesterday, the EU\u2019s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, did not attribute the unrest directly to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has already stated that it believes Russia is behind the capture of government buildings in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The EU imposed two sets of limited sanctions after Russia captured the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. The US has gone further, targeting some of Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s closest aides and one bank.<\/p>\n<p>After Crimea\u2019s annexation by Russia, both the EU and the US warned Russia that they could impose further sanctions if it did nothing to \u201cde-escalate\u201d the crisis. The US\u2019s ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, yesterday said that US sanctions could be targeted at the Russian energy, banking and mining sectors. \u201cAnd there\u2019s a lot in between,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<footer class=\"content-credits\">\n<h6>Authors:<\/h6>\n<dl class=\"vcard\">\n<dt class=\"credits-author\"><span class=\"vcard\">Andrew Gardner<\/span>&nbsp;<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Ukrainians added to EU blacklist EU foreign ministers extend travel bans, approve financial support to Ukraine and authorise suspension of tariffs. 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