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To: ggersh who wrote (184481)	2/26/2022 3:26:22 PM
From: maceng2	2 Recommendations Recommended By Pogeu Mahone Snowshoe Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217838

The misinformation continues. Buy hey, one gets positive news now and again. Hurrah for the UK Guardian! I rarely say that, decades have gone by. 'Can I tow you back to Russia?': Ukrainian confronts soldiers by broken armoured vehicle – video \| World news \| The Guardian Knowing what I know about Ukrainians, there might be some thin thread or more of truth in it. -g-

To: ggersh who wrote (184481)	2/26/2022 11:22:23 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217838

Now we see what counter-sanction entails theguardian.com France seizes suspected Russian-owned ship in Channel Russia seeks explanation after ship thought to belong to company targeted by US and EU sanctions is held File photo of Boulogne-sur-Mer, where the ship (not pictured) was taken. Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters French sea police have seized a ship in the Channel that authorities suspect belongs to a Russian company in one of the first visible displays of the West enforcing sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. The cargo vessel transporting cars, which was headed for St Petersburg, is “strongly suspected of being linked to Russian interests targeted by the sanctions”, said Capt Veronique Magnin, of the French Maritime Prefecture. The ship was diverted to the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern Francebetween 3am and 4am local time, Magnin said, adding that checks were being carried out by customs officials and that the ship’s crew was “being cooperative”. The US Treasury Department has issued blocking sanctions against the vessel saying it was owned by a subsidiary of Russian lender Promsvyazbank, one of the Russian entities hit by US sanctions. The bank’s CEO, Pyotr Fradkov, is the son of Mikhail Fradkov, a former head of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, who also served as prime minister under Vladimir Putin. Pyotr Fradkov was himself included in the latest round of US sanctions. Promsvyazbank, in a comment sent to Reuters, said its subsidiary no longer owns the Baltic Leader, and that it was bought by a different entity before the sanctions were imposed. The Russian embassy in France is seeking an explanation from authorities over the seizure, Russia’s RIA news agency quoted the embassy as saying. The embassy also said the ship’s crew had been allowed to come ashore and move freely about the port. The United States, European Union, and other Western states this week imposed extensive new financial and trade sanctions on Russia after it sent military forces into neighbouring Ukraine. The US Treasury said Promsvyazbank was put under sanctions “for operating or having operated in the defence and related materiel and financial services sectors of the Russian Federation economy.” It was also targeted by EU sanctions.