Ukraine: UK rules out Russia trade curbs? - BBC

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Cooler heads prevail. Although, we all know that the UK and the BBC are "Putinists".

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-26426969

The government will not curb trade with Russia or close London's financial centre to Russians as part of any possible package of sanctions against Moscow, according to an official document.

The document, which was photographed as a senior official carried it into a meeting in Downing Street, says that "the UK should not support for now trade sanctions or close London's financial centre to Russians", while it confirms that ministers ARE considering - along with other EU countries - visa restrictions and travel bans on key Russian figures.

It also says that ministers should "discourage any discussion (eg at Nato) of contingency military preparations" and support "contingency EU work on providing Ukraine with alternative gas" and oil supplies "if Russia cuts them off".

This is in stark contrast to the specific hardline threats made by US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday.

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. That, of course, is the opinion of whoever wrote that page

It could be one of a number of opinions taken into the meeting.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

2. HILARIOUS! The word of a political paper paparazzo. Nice grab of a dipshit holding his papers

publicly like that, but that was one person's document that was undoubtedly a draft of policy paper on the position they would take.

At this moment, we have zero idea what specifically the UK will do or agree to in response to Putin's invasion of Crimean area of Ukraine.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Yeah. Can't trust that Putinist BBC. How about the GuardianUK?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/03/uk-seeks-russia-harm-city-london-document