Ketchup Kerry Munster Threatens Sanctions Against Russia

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Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday condemned Russia's "incredible act of aggression" in Ukraine and threatened "very serious repercussions" from the United States and other countries including sanctions to isolate Russia economically.

Kerry is raising the possibility of boycotting the June meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrialized countries in Sochi, Russia.

He's also discussing visa bans, asset freezes, and trade and investment penalties.

The United States is not looking for a Cold War redux with Russia, Kerry said, but said Russian President Vladimir Putin has multiple options for dealing with the situation in its neighbor, a former member of the Soviet Union.

On Sunday, Ukraine mobilized for war and called up its reserves, after Putin threatened to invade in what is now clearly the biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the Cold War.

Ukraine's security council ordered the general staff to immediately put all armed forces on highest alert, the council's secretary Andriy Parubiy announced. The Defense Ministry was ordered to conduct the call-up, potentially of all men up to 40 in a country that still has universal male conscription.

Russian forces who have already bloodlessly seized Crimea - an isolated Black Sea peninsula where most of the population are ethnic Russian and Moscow has a naval base -



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