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Russia threatens to block overflights between Europe, Asia

August 08, 2014
AFP



MOSCOW/ZHDANIVKA - Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned Thursday that Russia could block overflights between Europe and Asia in retaliation for Western sanctions.
Medvedev said the Russian government was considering a series of measures in response to Western sanctions that shut down the country’s first low-cost airline.
“First is a ban on using the airspace of our country for transit flights by European and US airlines in the ... Asia-Pacific region,” said Medvedev. “Of course this is a severe measure. Nevertheless, we need to mention it,” he added. Medvedev repeated the threat as he ordered bans on major food products from the European Union and United States in response to their sanctions over Russian policy in Ukraine.
Aeroflot’s low-cost subsidiary Dobrolet which flew to Crimea, annexed by Russia in March, said at the weekend it was forced to ground all of its flights because of EU sanctions hitting its leases for Boeing aircraft. The ban could hurt European airlines such as Lufthansa, British Airways, Air France and Finnair that operate many long-haul routes to Asia.
A Ukranian fighter jet tumbled to earth in a fireball Thursday after it was blasted out of the air while flying low over rebel-held territory in the east of the country.
An AFP crew saw the Sukhoi warplane explode in mid-air and the parachute of at least one pilot opening up in the clear blue sky. Explosions and flashes erupted from the wreckage as it continued to burn on the ground, sending up clouds of acrid smoke.
Two armed rebels ran around the blackened field close to the flaming debris as the sound of shooting rang out nearby. Another plane could be heard flying high overhead and the insurgents shouted at the AFP team to leave the scene.
A local resident told AFP that he had seen at least two parachutes appear after the aircraft was hit.
‘It flew past us and there was an explosion. Two pilots ejected out,’ said Danil, 17. A Ukrainian military spokesman confirmed that rebels had shot down a jet some 40 kilometres (25 miles) to the northeast of the rebel stronghold Donetsk.
‘The pilot managed to steer the craft away from a residential area,’ spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov told AFP.
A search-and-rescue mission was currently underway for the pilot, he said. The location was also some 40 kilometres west of the site where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down at an altitude of some 10,000 metres on July 17 killing all 298 people on board. The Ukrainian military has lost a string of aircraft during almost four months of fierce fighting against pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine that has claimed over 1,300 lives.
Two Ukrainian Sukhoi jets were shot down on July 23, with Kiev alleging the missiles that hit them had come from Russian territory. On Thursday the Ukrainian army announced it was scrapping a ceasefire around the MH17 crash site after international investigators decided to suspend their probe there due to ongoing fighting. Sustained shelling pounded the centre of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk for the first time in the conflict, with at least 11 civilians killed by clashes around the region.









Bank of America Merrill Lynch estimated earlier this week that using other longer routes could add around $30,000 (22,400 euro) per flight in higher fuel and operating costs. It also noted that Russia’s top airline Aeroflot, which receives the fees gathered from European airlines for the overflight rights, would be sent into a financial tailspin by such a ban. It estimated those fees bring in around $250-$300 million per year for Aeroflot, or a third of the company’s operating profit.
The prime minister of Ukraine’s self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic announced Thursday that he was resigning his position. Russian citizen Alexander Borodai said he was stepping down in favour of a field commander, Alexander Zakharchenko, after finishing his work as a “start-upper”.
He said he would become a deputy prime minister and pledged not to leave the unrecognised republic.
A Ukranian fighter jet was shot down on Thursday as it flew low over rebel-held territory in the east of the country, an AFP journalist witnessed. The aircraft crashed into a field after an explosion and the pilot was seen parachuting out in an area some 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of the insurgent bastion of Donetsk.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s domestic approval rating has soared to 87 percent, pollsters said on Thursday, the highest level in six years as Russia is locked in a standoff with the West over Ukraine.
Nearly one in 10 Russians polled by the independent Levada research centre said they approved of Putin’s policies when the study was conducted at the beginning of August. The figure is just one percent lower than the Kremlin strongman’s historic popularity peak in August 2008 when Moscow fought a brief war with Georgia.
In the August poll, 66 percent of Russians said they think that the country is “moving in the right direction”, against 19 percent who said Russia is on the wrong path. Putin’s rating shot up from 65 percent at the start of 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea in March and his popularity remains strong as Moscow continues its showdown with the West over the crisis in eastern Ukraine.
But his positive image at home contrasts sharply with how the Russian leader is viewed around the world.
A poll by Pew Research last month showed that Europeans and Americans view Russia more negatively than they did last year, with the percentage of Americans holding an unfavourable view of Moscow up 29 percent.

 

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俄反制裁西方　谁损失更大
2014年08月09日 06:23:48 来源： 新华网
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　　俄罗斯７日公布对欧洲联盟、美国等国实施反制裁，禁止从这些国家进口多种食品。这意味着，今后一年内，俄罗斯人无法从超市或菜市场买到荷兰奶酪、波兰苹果、挪威鲑鱼或美国鸡肉，而美欧等国总计损失可能超过１７５亿美元。

　　发起这场“食品战”，显示克里姆林宫决心在乌克兰问题上以经济利益为代价维护俄罗斯安全和政治利益，同时寻求给西方造成相对更大的损失。

　　而美国官员称，反制裁措施对美影响“可以忽略”，俄罗斯民众将反受其害；欧洲农业人士担心爆发“过剩危机”；俄方专家则强调国内制造商可抓住机会，自给自足。

　　【美国称“无足轻重”】

　　俄罗斯实施进口禁令的对象国为美国、欧盟国家、加拿大．澳大利亚和挪威，制裁清单包括水果、牛肉、猪肉、禽肉、奶制品以及坚果等其他食品。

　　美联社报道，美国去年出口俄罗斯的食品和农产品价值大约１２亿美元，不到美国农产品出口总额的１％；欧盟国家去年对俄食品和农产品出口额大约１１８亿欧元（约合１５８亿美元），约占其农业出口总额１０％；加拿大２０１２年农业对俄出口额大约５.６３亿加元（５.１５亿美元）。

　　美国对俄出口最多的是禽肉，主要是鸡肉，其后是杏仁等坚果以及大豆。全国鸡肉协会与美国家禽和蛋类出口委员会７日在一份联合声明中说，俄罗斯每年进口美国鸡肉价值３亿多美元，只占美国鸡肉出口总额７％，预计禁令不会有多大影响。

　　白宫经济顾问委员会主席贾森·弗曼说，得益于美国经济复苏更加强劲和更多元化，俄罗斯的反制裁措施不会对美国经济增长前景产生明显影响；而且，美国对俄罗斯的制裁至今没有影响石油价格或美国经济增长。

　　弗曼提到，对俄出口占美国国内生产总值（ＧＤＰ）的比重只有０.１％，欧盟国家对俄出口只占其ＧＤＰ总和的０.８％，而俄罗斯对美国和欧盟的出口总计占其ＧＤＰ１３％。他表示，反制裁将加剧俄罗斯的国际孤立，进一步伤害俄罗斯经济。

　　美国财政部分管制裁的副部长戴维·科恩称，反制裁措施对美国经济的影响将“无足轻重”，俄罗斯政府实际上在制裁俄罗斯民众，真是“残酷的讽刺”。他说，如果俄罗斯不采取行动缓和乌克兰危机，美国准备继续对俄罗斯追加制裁。

　　【欧洲忧“过剩危机”】

　　欧盟国家中，波兰、法国、荷兰和德国将因俄反制裁措施承受不小的损失。

　　荷兰每年向俄罗斯出口价值１５亿欧元（２０亿美元）的农产品；德国出口１６亿欧元（２１亿美元）；法国、波兰对俄罗斯的农产品出口额分别为１２亿欧元（１６亿美元）和１６亿欧元。法新社援引一些专家的话报道，欧盟国家对俄出口受禁令限制最大的是蔬菜和水果，尤其是苹果、西红柿和桃子。

　　法国农业生产者全国工会联合会主席格扎维埃·伯兰说，俄罗斯是法国水果和蔬菜的重要市场，出口额每年增长大约１０％，“并非微不足道”。

　　波兰是欧洲最大苹果生产国，超过一半苹果出口俄罗斯。俄罗斯已于上周宣布禁止进口波兰苹果。按照伯兰的说法，波兰今年预计将有大丰收，这些水果无法进入俄罗斯市场，就会进入欧洲市场，“我们担心这会引发危机”。意大利、西班牙和法国已经展开油桃“价格大战”，油桃价格“崩盘”，而苹果恐将面临相同“灾难”。

　　俄超党派政治联盟“全俄人民阵线”农业发展问题工作组成员纳努希扬告诉俄新社记者，对那些对俄出口农产品的国家而言，反制裁将带来实质性影响，这些国家存在农产品过剩的问题，不能进入俄罗斯这样的大市场，影响将非常显著。

　　荷兰农业和园艺联合会主席阿尔贝特·扬马特警告，俄进口禁令将引发全欧洲农产品因价格供大于求而下跌，他呼吁荷兰政府和欧盟帮助那些农民。

　　另外，就欧盟对俄出口牛肉，法国全国农业联合会主席居伊·埃尔穆埃说，比利时、荷兰和德国受到的冲击会最大。丹麦、荷兰将在奶制品出口领域损失最多。而在不是欧盟成员国的挪威，鲑鱼饲养企业股票价格７日下跌８％至１１％不等，缘由是俄罗斯是世界最大鲑鱼消费国之一，也是挪威鱼类产品最大市场之一。

　　【俄强调“自给自足”】

　　一些美欧官员、专家和媒体认定，俄罗斯才会是这场“食品战”的最大输家。欧盟官方数据显示，进口食品占俄消费食品总量的３５％，其中从欧盟国家进口占１０％。俄罗斯专家则认为，限制进口不会造成麻烦，而将有助于发展俄罗斯农业。

　　俄农业专家纳努希扬说，俄生产商将因反制裁受益，“我们今天可以自给自足。限制进口将为扩大俄罗斯优质产品的生产规模创造经济条件”，此外将创造更多就业岗位，继而带动整体经济增长。“凭借生产规模的扩大，我们还可以保证进口替代，向本国消费者提供有品质的国货，消费者们可以按照优惠价格选择和购买国产产品。”

　　就可能的通胀，俄新社援引一些专家的话报道，俄罗斯国内主要商品价格不会出现实质性上涨，因为俄联邦政府命令中包含保证措施，意在抑制价格上涨。

　　俄总理德米特里·梅德韦杰夫７日说，工业与贸易部、农业部将每天监督商品价格水平。他警告说，政府将严格制止“任何借这个机会投机赚钱的企图”。

　　俄马铃薯生产商联盟理事会成员亚历山大·博戈马兹说，俄农业生产商的问题不是生产，而是销售。反制裁措施将为俄农业发展和农产品抢占国内市场注入活力。

　俄社会协商机构联邦公众院农工综合问题和农业区域发展委员会主席叶夫根尼娅·乌瓦里娜说，得益于政府补贴，欧洲农产品成本远低于俄罗斯农产品，致使俄罗斯农业生产商无法与国外供应商竞争，回应西方制裁是“我们可以展现自己的机会”。

　　博戈马兹说，俄罗斯今年天气不错，预计收成良好，不会出现食品供应问题。乌瓦里娜承认，俄国内在生产乳制品和牛里脊方面会有一些困难，但可以从白俄罗斯等关税同盟伙伴那里得到补充。

　　法国农业专家伯兰认为，俄罗斯冬季持续时间长，禁止从欧美进口食品，今后可能导致商店货架“空空如也”。俄罗斯业界初步分析，部分下游行业受影响将难以避免。以禽类行业为例，如冰鲜火鸡肉和鸭肉，俄罗斯自给率很高，但冷冻火鸡肉和鸭肉基本依赖进口。业内人士认为，短期内增加相关产量、替代进口，并不现实。另外，进口禁令可能导致部分高档商店和超市经营状况恶化，因为那里进口食品所占比例相对高，反制裁措施可能导致这类商店和超市货源匮乏。

　　不过，也有分析人士指出，鉴于俄罗斯此前已对部分欧洲国家食品限制或禁止进口，俄零售商已经做好心理准备。俄零售企业协会执行董事安德烈·卡尔波夫告诉媒体记者，制裁清单在意料之中，不会导致货架“空空如也”。（胡若愚 新华社特稿）

 

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August 9, 2014 06:23:48 Source: Xinhua
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Russia announced the implementation of the 7th Anti sanctions against the European Union, the United States and other countries banned the import of a variety of foods from these countries. This means that within the next year, the Russian people can not buy Dutch cheese, apples, Poland, Norway salmon or chicken from the supermarket or American markets, while United States and Europe total losses could exceed 175 billion dollars.

Launched this "food fight" to show determination in the Kremlin on the issue of Ukraine to safeguard the economic interests at the expense of security and political interests of Russia, the West while seeking to cause relatively greater losses.

The American officials said the United States and the impact of the anti-sanctions "can be ignored," the Russian people will become victims; European agriculture is concerned that the outbreak of "crisis of overproduction"; Russian experts stressed that domestic manufacturers can seize the opportunity to self-sufficiency.

[United States called "insignificant"]

Target countries to implement the import ban in Russia for the United States, European Union, Canada. Australia and Norway, the sanctions list includes fruits, beef, pork, poultry, dairy products, and nuts and other foods.

The Associated Press reported that the United States exports of food and agricultural products last year, worth about $ 1.2 billion in Russia, less than 1 percent of total U.S. agricultural exports; EU food and agricultural exports to Russia last year, about 11.8 billion euros (about 15.8 billion U.S. dollars) , accounting for about 10% of its total agricultural exports; Canada 2012 agricultural exports to Russia about 563 million Canadian dollars ($ 515 million).

U.S. poultry exports to Russia is the largest, mainly chicken, followed by almonds and other nuts and soybeans. National Chicken Council and the U.S. Poultry and Egg Export Council, the 7th in a joint statement that Russia's annual imports of U.S. chicken worth over 300 million U.S. dollars, accounting for only 7 percent of total U.S. chicken exports, is expected to ban will not have much impact.

White House Council of Economic Advisers 席贾森 · Furman said, thanks to more robust economic recovery in the United States and more diversified, Russia's anti-sanctions will not have a significant impact on the growth prospects of the American economy; Moreover, the United States has sanctions against Russia no effect on oil prices or U.S. economic growth.

Furman mentioned, exports to Russia accounted for gross domestic product (GDP) in the proportion of only 0.1%, 0.8% of the EU countries, exports to Russia accounted for only the sum of its GDP, while Russia's exports to the United States and the European Union's total accounted GDP13%. He said Russia's anti-sanctions will exacerbate international isolation, and further hurt the Russian economy.

Deputy Minister of the Treasury in charge of sanctions, said David Cohen, the impact of the anti-sanctions on the American economy will be "insignificant", the Russian government actually sanctions the Russian people, really "cruel irony." He said that if Russia does not take action to ease the crisis in Ukraine, the United States is prepared to continue additional sanctions against Russia.

[Europe worries "crisis of overproduction"]

EU countries, Poland, France, the Netherlands and Germany will counter-sanctions because Russia can not afford a small loss.

Dutch exports to Russia each year worth 1.5 billion euros ($ 2 billion) of agricultural products; German exports 1.6 billion euros ($ 2.1 billion); French, Polish agricultural exports to Russia were 1.2 billion euros ($ 1.6 billion) and 1.6 billion EUR. AFP quoted experts as saying that the ban on EU countries to limit exports to Russia is the largest vegetables and fruits, especially apples, tomatoes and peaches.

French National Federation of Agricultural Producers union main 席格扎维埃 · Chamberland said that Russia is an important market for French fruit and vegetable exports grew about 10 percent a year, "is not insignificant."

Poland is Europe's largest apple producer, more than half of the apples exported to Russia. Russia was announced last week banned the import of Polish apples. According to Abram saying, Poland is expected to have a bumper crop this year, these fruits can not enter the Russian market, will enter the European market, "We fear that this will lead to a crisis." Italy, Spain and France have already started nectarine "price war", nectarines price "collapse", and Apple probably will face the same "disaster."

Russian ultra-partisan political union "All-Russian People's Front," a member of the Working Group on Agricultural Development 纳努希 Yang told RIA Novosti correspondent for countries that export agricultural products to Russia, the anti-sanctions will bring a substantial impact on the presence of these countries surplus agricultural problems, can not enter large markets such as Russia, the impact will be very significant.

Dutch Federation of Agriculture and Horticulture 席阿尔贝特 Young Matt warned Russian import ban will lead to oversupply in Europe because of the price of agricultural products fell, he called on the Dutch government and the European Union to help those farmers.

In addition, the EU beef exports to Russia, President of the National Federation of Agriculture, said the French Guy Aiermuai, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, the impact will be the greatest. Denmark, the Netherlands will lose the most in the field of dairy exports. In EU member states not Norway, salmon farming companies stock price on the 7th fell 8-11% range, the reason is that Russia is one of the world's largest consumer of salmon, one of the largest Norwegian fish products market.

[Russia stressed that "self-sufficiency"]

Some officials in the United States and Europe, experts and the media finds, Russia will be this "food fight" the biggest loser. EU Official data show that food imports accounted for 35 percent of Russia's total consumption of food, of which imports from EU countries accounted for 10%. Russian experts believe that restrictions on imports will not cause trouble, but will contribute to the development of Russian agriculture.

Russian agricultural experts 纳努希 Yang said that the Russian producers will benefit because of the anti-sanctions, "We can self-sufficient today. Restrict imports will expand the production scale of the Russian economic conditions create high-quality products", in addition to creating more jobs, then driven by overall economic growth. "With the expansion of production scale, we can ensure that import substitution, to their consumers have quality domestic products, consumers can purchase domestic product in accordance with the selection and discounted prices."

On possible inflation, RIA Novosti quoted experts as saying that Russia's main domestic commodity prices will not rise substantially, because the Russian federal government to ensure that the command contains measures intended to curb price rise.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on the 7th, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Agriculture will oversee the daily commodity price levels. He warned that the government will strictly curb "speculative take this opportunity to make money in any attempt."

Council members Russia and potato producers alliance Alexander Bogemazi said that the Russian agricultural producers problem is not production, but sales. Russia's anti-sanctions will seize the domestic market for agricultural development and agricultural energize.

Russian society consultative body of the federal public hospital agro-industrial complex development issues and the Chairman of the Committee of Agriculture Regional Evgeny Eugenia · Wuwalinuo said, thanks to government subsidies, European agricultural produce cost far less than in Russia, resulting in the Russian agricultural producers can not and foreign suppliers to compete is to respond to Western sanctions "We can show their opportunity."

Bogemazi said Russia this year, the weather is good, expect a good harvest, the food supply problem does not occur. Wuwalina admit, there are some inherent difficulties in the Russian dairy products and beef tenderloin side, but can be replenished from Belarus customs union partners there.

French agricultural experts Chamberland that Russia winter long duration, a ban on imports of food from Europe, the future may lead to the store shelf, "empty." Preliminary analysis of Russian industry, the affected part of the downstream industry will be difficult to avoid. In poultry industry, for example, such as chilled turkey and duck, Russia's self-sufficiency rate is high, but the frozen turkey and duck basic dependence on imports. The industry believes that the increase in the short term related to production, import substitution, not reality. In addition, the import ban could lead to the deterioration of some high-end shops and supermarkets operating conditions, because there is a relatively high proportion of imported food, the anti-sanctions could lead to supply shortage of such shops and supermarkets.

However, some analysts pointed out that in view of Russia had been on the part of European countries to restrict or ban the import of food, Russian retailers have mentally prepared. Russia Retail Business Association executive director of Andrei Karpov told reporters that sanctions list unsurprisingly, does not cause the shelf "empty." (Hu Ruoyu Xinhua News Agency feature articles)

 

[eErotica69]

Well, SIA will be laughing if they and other Asians airline can fly across Russian airspace, while the European and US airlines cannot.

 

[enterprise2]

Well, SIA will be laughing if they and other Asians airline can fly across Russian airspace, while the European and US airlines cannot.

Better arm SIA with anti missile system if they do!!

 

[sochi2014]

Putin is an admirer of LKY.

He'll let all SIA planes pass!