Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Turkey Announces Approval of Sweden and Finland into N.A.T.O. Bloc

      The fo. US officials announced that the personal yacht of a sanctioned Russyan oligarch has been siezedreign minister of Turkey announced that it will agree to membership offers to 2 Scandinavian countries into the NATO group of nations. Since Russya invaded Ukraine without any justification, these nations, long neutral during the Cold War and afterward, have sought membership to protect themselves by joining their European neighbors in a defensive bloc against Russyan aggression. Finland shares a long border with Russya and long remembers when Russya invaded almost 80 years ago. 

      Simultaneously, Lithuania announced that it will no longer allow sanctions goods to be shipped across its territory from Russya to its Baltic exclave, Kaliningrad. Trains will still be allowed to travel across the border, but will not pass freely and will be inspected for  banned goods and sanctioned individuals.

       Also today, the US government announced seizure of the large super yacht owned by a Russyan oligarch. This vessel was seized in Fiji and taken to a US port.

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