{"id":2196,"date":"2014-11-29T07:27:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T12:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2014-11-29T07:27:11","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T12:27:11","slug":"eu-imposes-sanctions-on-ukraine-rebel-vote-organizers-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=2196","title":{"rendered":"EU imposes sanctions on Ukraine rebel vote organizers | Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/11\/29\/us-ukraine-crisis-sanctions-idUSKCN0JD06520141129\">EU imposes sanctions on Ukraine rebel vote organizers | Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">(Reuters) &#8211; The European Union has imposed sanctions on the organizers of rebel elections in eastern\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/places\/ukraine?lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Ukraine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0this month, the bloc said on Saturday, hitting the separatists and their organizations with asset freezes and travel bans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">As reporting by Reuters on Thursday, EU governments decided to add 13 Ukrainian separatists and five of their political organizations to a sanctions list that already covers 119 people and 23 entities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">Rebels in eastern\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/places\/ukraine?lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Ukraine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0held their elections on Nov. 2, arguing that the vote was the next step after local referendums in May calling for independence from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">The United States and European Union have denounced the vote as illegitimate, but\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/places\/russia?lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Russia<\/a><\/span>\u00a0has said it would recognize the result, deepening a crisis that began with the popular overthrow of Ukraine&#8217;s Moscow-backed president in February and Russia&#8217;s annexation of the Crimean peninsula in March.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU imposes sanctions on Ukraine rebel vote organizers | Reuters. (Reuters) &#8211; The European Union has imposed sanctions on the organizers of rebel elections in eastern\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0this month, the bloc said on Saturday, hitting the separatists and their organizations with asset freezes and travel bans. 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