Decision of the EU MFA Council to prepare new sanctions against Moscow is disappointing - Russian MFA
The meeting of Alexander Lukashenka and Putin in Sochi is over. The negotiations lasted over 6 hours.
EU foreign ministers agreed to impose sanctions on four senior Russian officials deemed responsible for the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexey @Navalny and a crackdown on the opposition
Accompanied by Russian forces the Director of Education visits the city of Tafas, west of Daraa
Speaking on sidelines, @HeikoMaas says @JosepBorrellF will use his right of initiative to propose the Magnitsky sanctions for Navalny sanctions himself
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European sanctions have included Russian officials linked to the Navalny case
Lukashenka said that 6-7 out of 33 roadmaps for the integration of Belarus and Russia remained, on which the governments continue to work.
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Expect EU foreign ministers today to agree that sanctions on Russia over Navalny will be enacted & in what type of framework but the measures will be ready later in March, probably just ahead of EUCO
EU foreign ministers are expected to approve fresh sanctions, likely asset freezes and visa bans on Russian individuals and institutions, over the jailing of opposition politician Aleksei Navalny
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A tweet from Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh, under house arrest: The court's decision to leave Alexei in prison says one thing. There's no law in Russia. No rights. Just one crazy little old man who has been running the country for 20 years, ruled by his fear and hatred
Navalny: "It's not enough for me to want Russia to be free. I want it to be rich, with fair wealth distribution and healthcare, so men can live to retirement age. I want decent education, so people get the same pay for the same job as in a decent European country
Navalny: "I don't believe that people want to be policemen to crack open someone's head at a protest or cart off people. I don't think anyone at the FSB wants to poison the opposition. They want to be respected people, to catch militants and spies
Navalny says the ECHR ruling that he should be released is being ignored, "like the fact that they tried to poison me, that we found the FSB group who tried to kill me, that I talked to the person who washed my underpants"
Navalny on the fact he will be making several speeches in court today: "If someone ever wants to publish my closing court statements, it will be a fairly hefty tome
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