Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the new measures will target drones and “disinformation”
The US will unveil a new round of Russia-related sanctions on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told reporters. Washington’s latest restrictions will target the allegedly Iranian-built drones that have been used to devastating effect in Ukraine, Blinken claimed.
Speaking to reporters in Sweden on Tuesday, Blinken said that the new sanctions would impose “export controls on the technology that’s found in Iranian drones used to target Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure.”
The sanctions package will include additional measures “to counter Russian misinformation and disinformation, [and] to protect human rights defenders online,” Blinken continued, without elaborating further.
By “Iranian drones,” Blinken was likely referring to ‘Shahed’ kamikaze drones, which Ukraine and its Western backers claim have been used in Russia’s airstrikes. Moscow and Tehran deny these claims, with the Kremlin saying that it only uses a Russian-made variant of the Shahed in its military campaign......more below
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Ghana is interested in purchasing a floating nuclear power plant from Russia, Ghanaian Ambassador to Russian Koma Steem Jehu-Appiah told Sputnik.
"I know that our minister of energy was here last year and signed a corresponding agreement. I think this is innovative, and in a conversation with the minister of energy, he said that the country is interested.
So, Ghana could purchase such a nuclear power plant," the diplomat said when asked about the possibility of Ghana purchasing a floating nuclear power plant.
Russia and Ghana began cooperation in the field of nuclear energy after signing an intergovernmental agreement in 2015.
The agreement outlined plans for joint work in the areas of training specialists, building nuclear power plants and related infrastructure, and providing maintenance services. In October 2023, representatives of Rosatom met with the Ghanaian Ministry of Energy in Cape Town. At the meeting, Russia proposed using floating nuclear power plants to supply power to ...
