NUance Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 New U.S. sanctions hit top Russian firms; Kiev says Russia shoots down its jet BY STEVE HOLLAND AND ELIZABETH PIPER WASHINGTON/MOSCOW Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:02am EDT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama imposed sanctions on some of Russia's biggest firms for the first time, striking at the heart of Vladimir Putin's powerbase by targeting companies closest to him over Moscow's failure to curb violence in Ukraine. In the latest escalation of the conflict on the Ukrainian-Russian frontier, Kiev said a Russian jet had shot down one of its warplanes, its strongest accusation yet of direct Russian military involvement in the war. A Ukrainian military spokesman said the pilot of the SU-25 fighter ejected to safety. After months of measures that hit only individuals and smaller firms, Washington imposed sanctions on Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft (ROSN.MM), its second largest gas producer Novatek and its third largest bank Gazprombank. The firms are run by Putin allies who have become wealthy during his tenure. Moscow denounced what it called primitive revenge for events in Ukraine and pledged to retaliate. LINK Stay tuned. Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 General Patton may get his wish after all. Just 70 years later. Link to comment
LukeinNE Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Not sure if related, but.... A Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur has crashed in eastern Ukraine, Russian news agency Interfax reported Thursday. ........ The plane reportedly went down near the border between Russia and Ukraine. Aside from this being the worst year for an airline since 9/11, I think we can agree that the chance of a passenger jet crashing on its own on the Ukrainian-Russian border of all places is pretty much zero. It was shot down. But by who? Link to comment
Hooked on Huskers Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 2014 supply chain disruption? Russia will ban the United States from using Russian-made including rocket engines. Unfortunately the most reliable and frequent payload ...... Atlas V powered by RD-180 Russian engines (1st stage). Plans to evaluating alternatives for a new U.S. rocket engine by catching up Russian engines. Early estimates are that it would require five or more years to replace the RD-180 on the Atlas V. Similar to fighters ..... Sukhoi family are more advanced than our F-22/F-35 engines. Wiki source Link to comment
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