tighten the screws. since then, the us, uk, eu, along with countries including australia, canada and japan have imposed more than the 16,500 sanctions on russia. and just last week, the us and uk imposed a tough new raft of measures. their main target has been russia s money, freezing foreign currency reserves and bank deposits. they have also banned exports of technology for making weapons, banned flights and restricted wealthy business people linked with the kremlin. russia s oil industry has also been another major target. despite the export controls, russia seems to have continued to be able to fund its war machine in ukraine. the economy has largely withstood the shock and is expected to grow by about 1 2% this year according to the international monetary fund. that s partly because it is still selling oil to countries like india and china. and because moscow has been able to impart sanctioned goods by buying them through countries like georgia, belarus and kazakhstan, t
inside, a wall of noise, as the players sang their anthem, the passion echoing around the stands. the tartan army willed scotland to turn their tournament around. for a moment it worked a fumble in the box, but callum mcgregor recovered to set up scott mctominay. mctominay! it is deflected in! scotland lead! it didn t last long. a bad pass and switzerland pounced. the ball was a loose one. shaqiri! what a goal! that is an unbelievable finish. commitment is everything but kieran tierney pushed too hard, clutching at his hamstring and had to be stretchered off. this game is about fine margins. a perfect delivery from captain andy robertson. it was a teasing one, but the header ricocheted off the post. grant hanley pleading with the heavens and the fans begging for more. time for a nervy last minute winner? robertson sent a header dangerously across the face of goal. not quite. a draw keeps scotland s hopes alive, and the vocal tartan army will follow their heroes as they head
to the stadium in cologne. inside, a wall of noise, as the players sang their anthem, the passion echoing around the stands. the tartan army willed scotland to turn their tournament around. for a moment it worked a fumble in the box, but callum mcgregor recovered to set up scott mctominay. mctominay! it is deflected in! scotland lead! it didn t last long. a bad pass and switzerland pounced. the ball was a loose one. shaqiri! what a goal! that is an unbelievable finish. commitment is everything but kieran tierney pushed too hard, clutching at his hamstring and had to be stretchered off. this game is about fine margins. a perfect delivery from captain andy robertson. it was a teasing one. but the header ricocheted off the post. grant hanley pleading with the heavens and the fans begging for more. time for a nervy last minute winner? robertson sent a header dangerously across the face of goal. not quite. a draw keeps scotland s hopes alive, and the vocal tartan army will follo
since then, the us, uk, eu, along with countries including australia, canada and japan have imposed more than the 16,500 sanctions on russia. and just last week, the us and uk imposed a tough new raft of measures. their main target has been russia s money, freezing foreign currency reserves and bank deposits. they have also banned exports of technology for making weapons, banned flights and restricted wealthy business people linked with the kremlin. russia s oil industry has also been another major target. despite the export controls, russia seems to have continued to be able to fund its war machine in ukraine. the economy has largely withstood the shock and is expected to grow by about 1 2% this year according to the international monetary fund. that s partly because it is still selling oil to countries like india and china. and because moscow has been able to import sanctioned goods by buying them through countries like georgia, belarus and kazakhstan, there are reports tha
2022, the west further tighten the screws. since then, the us uk- eu, the screws. since then, the us uk eu, along with countries including australia, canada and japan have imposed more than the 16,500 sanctions on russia. and just last week, the us and uk imposed a tough new raft of measures. their main target has been russia s money, freezing foreign currency reserves and bank deposits. they have also banned exports of technology for making weapons, band flights and restricted wealthy business people linked with the kremlin. russia s oil industry has also been another major target. despite the export controls, russia seems to have continued to be able to fund its war machine in ukraine. the economy has largely withstood the shock and is expected to grow by about 1 2% this year according to the international monetary fund. that s partly because it is still selling oil to countries like india and china. and because moscow has been able to impart sanctioned goods by buying t