{"id":10774,"date":"2014-08-30T17:43:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T21:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=10774"},"modified":"2014-08-30T17:43:49","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T21:43:49","slug":"eu-moves-to-ramp-up-russia-sanctions-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/08\/30\/eu-moves-to-ramp-up-russia-sanctions-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"EU moves to ramp up Russia sanctions | Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From AlJazeera:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>French President Francois Hollande stressed that a failure by Russia to reverse a flow of weapons and troops into eastern Ukraine would force the bloc to impose new economic measures.&#8221;Are we going to let the situation worsen, until it leads to war?&#8221; Hollande said at a news conference. &#8220;Because that&#8217;s the risk today. 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