International sanctions during the Ukrainian crisis | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2018-12-23

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Ukrainian_crisis


00:01:17 1 Background
00:02:19 2 Sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian individuals, companies and officials
00:02:32 2.1 First round&#160;: March/April 2014
00:05:48 2.2 Second round: April 2014
00:06:50 2.3 Third round: 2014–present
00:14:06 2.4 Sanctions against Crimea
00:14:50 2.5 Sanctions over Ukrainians held by Russia
00:15:31 3 Opposition to sanctions
00:19:22 3.1 Efforts to lift sanctions
00:21:04 4 Other sanctions on Russia
00:25:32 5 Consequences and assessment
00:25:51 5.1 Effect on Russia
00:27:09 5.2 Effect on US and EU countries
00:28:41 6 Russian counter-sanctions
00:33:37 7 List of sanctioned individuals
00:34:01 8 See also



Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.

Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain

Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.

Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts



"There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance."
- Socrates



SUMMARY
=======
International sanctions were imposed during the Ukrainian crisis by a large number of countries against Russia and Crimea following the Russian military intervention in Ukraine, which began in late February 2014. The sanctions were imposed by the United States, the European Union (EU) and other countries and international organisations against individuals, businesses and officials from Russia and Ukraine. Russia responded with sanctions against a number of countries, including a total ban on food imports from the EU, United States, Norway, Canada and Australia.
The sanctions by the European Union and United States continue to be in effect as of 2018. In July 2018, the EU announced the extension of sanctions until February 2019.The sanctions contributed to the collapse of the Russian ruble and the Russian financial crisis. They also caused economic damage to a number of EU countries, with total losses estimated at €100 billion (as of 2015).According to Ukrainian officials, the sanctions forced Russia to change its approach towards Ukraine and undermined the Russian military advances in the region. Representatives of these countries say that they will lift sanctions against Russia only after Moscow fulfills the Minsk II agreements.