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TOKYO, April 8 (Xinhua) Japan will impose additional sanctions on Russia, banning imports of coal and vodka, freezing assets held by major lenders Sberbank a ....
On for. the administration claims it is not waiting and is prepared to punish russian elites close to president putin with asset freezes and travel bans if russia enters ukraine. so far, however, they have only talked about it. meanwhile, back in ukraine, president zelensky announced today he will raise soldiers salaries and 100,000 troops to the army taking the total number to 350,000 by the end of 2023. by that point it, may all be too late. the u.s. state department says that there are 6600 or there be, americans living in ukraine at the moment that number rises to 60 and a half thousand when you include tourists. at the moment they say the number is somewhere in the middle. either way they said there is no plans to evacuate. gillian: benjamin hall at the statement department. thank you. coming up next, the competition is heating up in beijing as u.s. lawmakers target china ahead of the olympics. first beyond our borders tonight. neighbors join rescue workers in a search for sur ....
President biden. he s about to announce some punishments against putin and russia. you just talked about for years what the west has threatened and not done when it comes to putin, because at the end of the day, the rationale was he s got nuclear weapons, they have to figure out how to work with him. what kind of punishment would you like to see? there s a law in the united states on the books for decades which is intended to pose targeted invasions against specific individuals of vladimir s close circle who are corrupt actors and human rights abusers who for years made a habit of coming to your countries in the west and stashing stolen loot in western banks, western financial institutions and so on. the act is designed to put a stop to that with asset freezes. as of this moment, we ll see if ....
Going in ukraine. vladimir putin blames nato and the us for causing the crisis there and we are told that they speak about the need to recognise the legitimate security concerns of certain countries, ie, russia. i say that china has not criticised the invasion of ukraine. apps actually, the chinese foreign ministry rejects the use of the word invasion for what is going on has said that the door is open for a political solution. ukraine s president has urged the european union to impose tougher sanctions on russia. today, as we have been hearing, eu finance ministers have been meeting to agree fresh sanctions which are expected to include asset freezes. our business editor reports. yesterday, russian airline aeroflot was banned from british skies. today, ba was banned ....
Stream two pipeline. they have also banned trade from the two rebel held regions. the prime minister has been defending the level of british sanctions. some say they did not go far enough. i going to toughen up sanctions, prime minister? the concern in downing street about the situation in ukraine is significant. does the west need to go further in imposing sanctions on russia? yesterday the uk announced a crackdown on three allies of president putin, five banks, some of which are key to the russian military are facing asset freezes. within weeks ministers have promised sanctions on russian politicians. the foreign secretary said it was just the start. the foreign secretary said it was just the start- just the start. there will be an escalation just the start. there will be an escalation in just the start. there will be an escalation in sanctions - just the start. there will be an escalation in sanctions but i just the start. there will be an i escalation in sanctions but nothing ....