U.S., U.K. Weigh Russia Sanctions, Possibly Targeting Debt Bloomberg 3/5/2021 © Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg St Basil s Cathedral near Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
(Bloomberg) The U.S. and U.K. are weighing additional penalties against Russia over the use of chemical weapons, with options ranging from sanctions against oligarchs to the extreme step of targeting the nation’s sovereign debt, according to people familiar with the matter.
British officials plan to push for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to continue to pressure Russia to provide answers over its use of banned substances, and will raise potential measures with key European allies, including France and Germany, in the coming weeks, according to one of the people.
U S , U K Weigh More Russia Sanctions, Possibly Targeting Debt
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As U.S., U.K. Converge on China, British Lawmaker Says Golden Era Is Over
On 2/25/21 at 5:13 AM EST
The United States and United Kingdom are in near total alignment in major foreign policy areas, a British lawmaker with the country s ruling party has said, as analysts in Washington predict a coordinated effort to tackle some of the most pressing challenges posed by China.
Echoing recent sentiments expressed on Capitol Hill, Tom Tugendhat, who chairs the British Parliament s Foreign Affairs Committee, said there had been an awakening in the U.K. to the many irreconcilable practices of the Chinese government.
Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, the daughter of Dubai ruler and UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has sent a letter to police in the U.K. asking them to investigate the alleged kidnapping of her older sister, Princess Shamsa, from Britain in 2000. In the summer of 2000 Shamsa escaped the family vacation house in England. She was 18 years old . and of sound mind, Princess Latifa, who has also claimed she is being held hostage, wrote in a letter sent to CNN by her friend David Haigh, a campaigner for her release and part of Detained International, a legal advocacy NGO.