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West Needs to Impose Real Costs on Russia Over Ukraine

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West Needs to Impose Real Costs on Russia Over Ukraine
Activists hold pictures of 70 Ukrainian political prisoners jailed in Russia (including the sailors taken in the Azov Sea conflict) during a rally in front of the EU Embassy in Kiev on Dec. 11, 2018. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images
David Kilgour
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What can the West now do effectively about the three Ukrainian naval vessels and their 23 sailors recently fired upon and seized by the Russian coastguard?

The seizure of the Ukrainian boats while transiting from Ukraine’s key export port of Odessa across the Black Sea and around Crimea is only the latest instance of Russian aggression towards its neighbor.

David Kilgour
David Kilgour
Human Right Advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
David Kilgour, J.D., former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific, senior member of the Canadian Parliament and nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work related to the investigation of forced organ harvesting crimes against Falun Gong practitioners in China, He was a Crowne Prosecutor and longtime expert commentator of the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong and human rights issues in Africa. He co-authored Bloody Harvest: Killed for Their Organs and La Mission au Rwanda.
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