Paul Craig Roberts via Ria Novosti: "The new sanctions announced by Washington and Europe don’t seem to make much sense. I would be surprised if Russian oil and military industries were dependent on European capital markets in a meaningful way. The Russian companies should be able to secure adequate financing from Russian Banks or from the Russian government. If foreign loans are needed, Russia can borrow from China."
KYIV, December 11 /Ukrinform/. Ukraine is asking the European Union to allocate EUR 20 billion in financial assistance as part of the signing of an Association Agreement. Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said this at a government meeting on Wednesday.