The bloc has threatened to “name and shame” 13 companies that do business with Moscow The EU may identify and possibly sanction more than a dozen companies based in China for providing Russia with goods that might be used in the Ukraine conflict, the bloc’s leaders have told reporters in Beijing.

Tehran has called on Washington to “make a political decision,” warning that Iran won’t “wait forever” Negotiations aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal have been paused because of Washington’s position, an Iranian official has said. The talks in Vienna directly involve Iran, France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China; while the US is indirectly involved.

Sanctions-induced trade pivot sees more eastward shipments send price in Japan of the winter delicacy plummeting, Nikkei reports The cost of crab meat in Japan has fallen dramatically due to a sharp increase of imports from Russia, Nikkei reported on Saturday, citing the US embargo on purchases of Russian seafood as the prime mover for…