Moscow says US sanctions against Tempbank ‘unacceptable’ The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday described sanctions imposed by the US against the Moscow-based Tempbank over its dealings with the Syrian government as “unacceptable.” The US Treasury put the Russian bank on its list of sanctioned entities on May 8. The UN Security Council has not adopted any resolutions banning cooperation with Damascus, which means that bilateral economic and financial ties are legitimate, the Russian ministry said. Court finds 92-year old Hungarian Communist guilty of war crimes A Budapest court on Tuesday found a former senior official in the Hungarian Communist Party guilty of war crimes, Reuters reported. Bela Biszku, 92, was charged over his role on a committee of Communist Party prosecutors reportedly involved in ordering the shooting of civilians during protests in Budapest, and in the town of Salgotarjan, during the uprising in December 1956. The court ruled that Biszku was guilty, and sentenced him to 5 years and 6 months imprisonment. Turkey won’t pay damages to Cyprus despite European court ruling Turkey won’t pay the $123 million in damages to Cyprus that was ordered by Europe’s top human rights court, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday. The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Monday that Turkey must pay the damages to Cyprus for its 1974 invasion and its subsequent division. Davutoglu said the “unfair” ruling was not binding because Turkey does not legally recognize the government of Cyprus. Pakistani police open case of blasphemy against 68 lawyers after protest China: Turkey missile deal shouldnt be politicized “It is our principle that we hope not to see any normal commercial cooperation being politicized,” she added when asked about pressure from the U.S. and NATO on Turkey over the defense system deal. Turkey, a NATO member state since 1955, announced in September it had decided on an FD-2000 missile defense system – worth US$3.4 billion- from China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corp over systems from the Italian-French and American companies. NATO and the U.S. are pressuring Ankara not to build a missile defense system in co-operation with a company from a non-NATO-member state.
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