Japan's foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who made the comments, said he hoped the sanctions would encourage Russia to put an end to its aggression in Ukraine 'as soon as possible'.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on 21 Feb said Moscow was suspending participation in New START, last remaining pact limiting US and Russian strategic nuclear arms.
State Department said it would also stop giving Russia telemetry information on launches of US intercontinental and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
WhatsApp, however, has previously been fined for its alleged refusal to comply with Russian data law and store Russian users' data on servers in the country.
Ukraine authorities said the impact was from shot-down cruise or ballistic missiles. The attack struck Desniansky region as well as Dniprovskiy district.
Russia has long accused what it calls the 'collective West' of staging a proxy war against Moscow by supporting Ukraine with military and financial aid.
The bill would prohibit medical workers from 'performing medical interventions designed to change the sex of a person', TASS said, but exempts surgery to treat congenital anomalies in children.
Chief diplomatic adviser Ihor Zhovkva said that Ukraine wanted the implementation of its peace plan and not a ceasefire since it envisages the full withdrawal of Russian troops.
In edited clip released by Ukrainian president's office of Graham's meeting with Zelenskyy, he was shown saying ‘Russians are dying’ and ‘US support was best money we've ever spent.’
As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.
Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?
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