Moscow banned imports of most food from the West on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine, a stronger than expected measure that isolates Russian consumers from world trade to a degree unseen since Soviet days.
In eastern Ukraine, a Dutch recovery team called off its work at the site where a Malaysian airliner was shot down over rebel-held territory last month, saying escalating fighting had made the frontline location too dangerous.
NATO’s secretary general, visiting Kiev in a show of support for Ukraine, called on Russia to pull back from the brink of war against its neighbor. The Western military alliance …read more
Source: Newsweek
