MH17: Sanctions against Russia are illegal, ambassador claims, Putins spin-meisters kick into overdrive. Moscow insists documents that show Russians armed the separatists who shot down Malaysia Airlines plane are forged. (you just got to know that the economic sanctions against Putin Regimes Inner Circle of Oligarchs are having their intended effect when its gets a rise out of them like this...) Shortly before the European Union announced further sanctions against individuals and businesses linked to the Kremlin on Thursday night, Alexander Yakovenko condemned the trade restrictions that have already been imposed and warned that any more may well trigger a long anticipated endgame of the present global crisis. The EU agreed at a meeting on Thursday to add 15 people and 18 companies or other organisations to the blocs sanctions list for undermining Ukraines territorial integrity, diplomats said. But they failed to reach agreement on economic sanctions and will resume discussions on Friday, they added. Philip Hammond, the foreign secretary, has joined the US and Ukraine in saying there is strong reason to believe the Malaysian airliner was shot down by pro-Putin separatists using a Soviet-era Russian-made Buk missile, killing 298 people. On Thursday night, the US state department said it had evidence Russia intended to deliver heavier and more powerful rocket launchers to separatists in Ukraine. theguardian/world/2014/jul/24/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh17-russia?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
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