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Politico: Putin Allies Fight Back Against EU Sanctions in Court
June 03, 2022
More than twenty of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allies including businessmen, politicians and other individuals connected to the Kremlin are suing the Council of the EU after having been sanctioned following the invasion of Ukraine.
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EU Leaders Agree on Russian Oil Embargo
June 01, 2022
EU leaders agreed on a political deal to impose sanctions on Russian oil imports, which European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced will cut around 90% of oil imports from Russia to the EU by the end of the year.
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Politico: Macron Appoints ‘woke’ Education Minister, Ignites Culture War
May 31, 2022
French President Macron, who in the past has rebuked wokism, has taken a u-turn, appointing historian Pap Ndiaye, an expert on U.S. history and minority issues who seeks to turn from France’s traditional « universalist » colorblind view.
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EU Moves to Criminalize Sanctions Evasion
May 25, 2022
Politico reports that the European Commission has made a move to criminalize sanctions evasion at the European Union (EU) level in order to provide legal grounds for the confiscation of Russian oligarchs’ assets seized by EU countries.
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Politico: Orbán Declares State of Emergency Due to War in Ukraine
May 25, 2022
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has declared a state of Emergency to enable a rapid response to challenges created by the war in Ukraine in an effort, according to the Prime Minister, to protect Hungary and Hungarian families by all possible means possible.