Sanctions

President Vladimir Putin announced on Monday that Russia would recognize two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent. Russian-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian government forces in the Donbas region since 2014, in a conflict that Kyiv says has cost...

The US Department of State warned Turkey on Sunday that it risks new sanctions if it continues to buy Russian weapons. “We continue to make clear to Turkey that any significant new Russian arms purchases would risk triggering CAATSA sanctions...

The US Department of State has imposed sanctions against Turkey and four officials in response to Ankara’s acquisition of the Russian S-400

The United States is finally sanctioning Turkey over the fellow NATO country's purchase of the S-400 missile system from Russia in 2019, according to a statement released by the US State Department on Monday afternoon. In the document, Secretary of...

European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday decided to impose a limited list of sanctions against Turkish individuals and companies associated with Ankara's illegal drillings in the  eastern Mediterranean, but failed to agree on tough sanctions, as had...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that the credibility of the European Union is at stake, depending on how they choose to react to the ongoing provocations from Turkey, as he arrived at the December meeting of the European...

European Union leaders are set to make a final decision on whether to impose sanctions on Turkey over Ankara's provocations against Greece and Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean during a summit on December 10. Greece has put all possible diplomatic...

The House and Senate Armed Services Committees reached consensus on the annual defense policy bill unveiled Thursday which, among other things, gives a mandate to the U.S. President to sanction Turkey for its acquisition of the Russian S-400 air...

Greece has put all possible diplomatic gears in motion in pushing for sanctions on Turkey at the upcoming European Union Summit on December 10, counting on the support of France. Although Ankara has ceased all its provocative acts against Greece by...

Germany is not standing up to its leadership role in the European Union when it rejects Athens' call for an arms embargo to be imposed on Turkey, Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias said in an interview with Politico...