MOSCOW - President Obama has warned Russia that "there will be costs" for its policies in Ukraine. European leaders and the head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have done the same. On Sept. 16, an influential figure in the Russian political elite and a longtime aide to President Vladimir Putin drove home this argument.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
New York Times: Former Putin aide reinforces dangers of sanctions
Italian non-affiliated MP Gianluca Buonanno (L), wearing a shirt reading \"No sanctions to Russia\", gestures after a video-link with lawmakers in Kyiv during a voting session at the European Parliament, on Sept. 16, 2014, in Strasbourg.
