European Union lifts oligarch sanctions

The Council prolonged the restrictive measures targeting those responsible for undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine for another 36 months, unti...

Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics said his country sees no signs of an imminent conventional attack by Russia, but described the coming weeks as an "alarming" period in an interview with the Kyiv Independent. Rinkevics said his government is preparing for cyberattacks, information campaigns, and possible disruptions by Russia around Latvia's parliamentary elections on Oct. 3. "We have asked, and our NATO friends and allies provided additional battle plans. I'm pretty sure that those measures that we are introducing will be sufficient to have the election process not impacted in any negative way," Rinkevics said. "But the warning is there." Security concerns continue to grow in the Baltic region. NATO officials have warned about Russian drone incursions, airspace violations, sabotage, and other hybrid threats, while countries in the region have been strengthening air defenses. Rinkevics stressed that Latvia does not see Russia preparing an imminent conventional attack against the Baltic states, Poland, or other NATO countries. "There is a lot of speculation by experts, by bloggers, about a possible conventional attack against the Baltic states or against Poland or other countries," he said. "We do not have facts to support that." But he said the absence of an imminent conventional attack...

Alicher Ousmanov, mais aussi Mikhaïl Fridman, deux oligarques russes parmi les plus connus de la liste des personnes sanctionnées, ont été exemptés du renouvellement des sanctions européennes contre Moscou. Une décision qui a suscité de vifs débats entre les 27.

EU envoys agreed to drop two billionaires from ​its Russian sanctions list and ‌to rollover the remaining 3,000 individuals and entities for three years, ​EU diplomats said on ​Tuesday.