Haley: Russian sanctions will continue under Trump

Haley, speaking in her first appearance at the United Nations, said the United States condemns Russia’s “aggressive actions” and called for an immediate end to Russia’s occupation of Crimea.

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Haley criticized the recent “escalation” in eastern Ukraine and called for the “full and immediate implementation” of the Minsk agreements, which aimed to stop the fighting there.
“This escalation of violence must stop,” she said. “The United States stands with the people of Ukraine who have suffered for nearly three years under Russian occupation and military intervention.”

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NonoBadDog said:

Haley: Russian sanctions will continue under Trump - POLITICO

This is part of a pattern. The left and the press says that Trump is going to do one thing and exactly the opposite happens. It has to be frustrating to be wrong so often.
Here are some examples:
Sanctions on Russia relaxed by Trump administration - CBS News
Trump loosens sanctions on Russia spy agency

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Grand Mal said:

Pattern? Are you saying that those stories you linked to are wrong, that sanctions weren't relaxed? CBS and USA Today just made that up? Just that, nothing you've posted refutes them.
And if there's a pattern, you must have other examples.

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The move was a routine update to the Obama administration's sanctions meant to ease the effects on American companies, not a "gift" to Putin.

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In a conference call with reporters, a senior Treasury Department official said the exceptions were "a very technical fix" made in response to "direct complaints" from companies that were unable to import many consumer technology products without a permit from the FSB. The action had been in the making for weeks before Trump took office on Jan. 20, the official said.
Beyond its intelligence function, the FSB also regulates the importation of software and hardware that contains cryptography. Companies need FSB approval even to import broadly available commercial products such as cell phones and printers if they contain encryption.
Peter Harrell, a sanctions expert and former senior U.S. State Department official, said Treasury officials likely had not considered the issue in December.
"I don't think when they sanctioned FSB they were intending to complicate the sale of cell phones and tablets," Harrell said.

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NonoBadDog said:

Haley: Russian sanctions will continue under Trump - POLITICO

This is part of a pattern. The left and the press says that Trump is going to do one thing and exactly the opposite happens. It has to be frustrating to be wrong so often.
Here are some examples:
Sanctions on Russia relaxed by Trump administration - CBS News
Trump loosens sanctions on Russia spy agency

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