As Europe Piles Sanctions on Russia, Some Sacred Cows Are Spared The European Union has been severing economic ties with Moscow to support Ukraine, but some countries have lobbied to protect key sectors.
Russia Fights Efforts to Declare It an Exporter of ‘Blood Diamonds’ As a major diamond producer, Russia earns billions of dollars that other nations say help finance war. The clash exposes the many loopholes in regulation of conflict diamonds.