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History: August 2018
18 articles
Retrospective · events of 1 August 2018
What the EU's Crimean bridge sanctions signalled
Opinion
A look back at the sanctions the EU imposed on six Russian companies building the Crimean bridge, reported in the days around 1 August 2018.
Retrospective · events of 1 August 2018
Georgia first former Soviet republic to fully legalise cannabis
Opinion
A look back at the sanctions and court rulings reported in the days around 1 August 2018, across Russia, Ukraine and Georgia.
Retrospective · events of 1 August 2018
Brussels blacklists six Russian companies tied to Kerch Strait link
Politics
A look back at the sanctions the European Union imposed on six Russian companies linked to the Crimea bridge, reported on 31 July 2018.
Retrospective · events of 3 August 2018
Sanctions on Russia from Brussels and Washington
Politics
A look back at 3 August 2018, when the United States targeted a Russian bank days after the European Union penalised firms tied to the Crimea bridge.
Retrospective · events of 3 August 2018
What sanctions on 3 August 2018 targeted
World
A look back at US sanctions on a Russian bank and the EU measures on Crimean bridge builders that preceded them.
Retrospective · events of 3 August 2018
Sanctions pressure on Russia, 3 August 2018
Opinion
A look back at how Western sanctions reached Russian firms and a bank in the final days of July and early August 2018.
Retrospective · events of 5 August 2018
Sanctions on Russia: the Crimea bridge and a bank
Politics
A look back at two sanctions measures against Russian targets announced in the days before 5 August 2018.
Retrospective · events of 8 August 2018
What did new US sanctions on Russia signal?
Opinion
A look back at the Skripal-related measures announced by Washington on 8 August 2018, days after a separate sanctions step against a Russian bank.
Retrospective · events of 8 August 2018
Washington's new Russia sanctions after Salisbury attack
World
A look back at the US sanctions announced over the Novichok poisoning, and a separate measure against a Russian bank days earlier.
Retrospective · events of 9 August 2018
Russian bank and Skripal poisoning behind new US sanctions
Politics
A look back at the US measures announced in early August 2018 over the Skripal poisoning and a Russian bank's dealings with North Korea.
Retrospective · events of 9 August 2018
Washington's August 2018 sanctions on Russia, explained
Opinion
Two US sanctions moves within a week targeted Russia over a nerve agent attack in the UK and over a bank's dealings with a North Korean.
Retrospective · events of 9 August 2018
US hits Russia with sanctions over Skripal nerve-agent attack
Politics
A look back at US measures against Russia reported in the days before 9 August 2018, tied to the Skripal poisoning and a North Korea-linked transaction.
Retrospective · events of 23 August 2018
What the flag raising in Dnipro showed
Politics
A look back at Ukraine's State Flag Day in 2018, and a separate US sanctions move against Russian shipping firms.
Retrospective · events of 23 August 2018
Poroshenko raises 12-by-18-metre flag in Dnipro for national holiday
Opinion
A look back at how the state flag was marked on 23 August 2018, and at the sanctions announced two days earlier.
Retrospective · events of 24 August 2018
What happened on Ukraine's State Flag Day in 2018?
Politics
A look back at the 2018 holiday, marked by a record-sized flag-raising in Dnipro, and at US sanctions announced two days earlier.
Retrospective · events of 27 August 2018
What did late August 2018 show Kyiv?
Opinion
Flag-raising, a military parade and new US sanctions marked the days leading up to 27 August 2018.
Retrospective · events of 27 August 2018
Ukraine's national holidays and US sanctions on Russian shipping firms
Opinion
A look back at the national holidays and the sanctions news that framed the days before 27 August 2018.
Retrospective · events of 31 August 2018
What happened on 31 August 2018 in the region?
World
A retrospective on a day marked by an explosion in Donetsk and a Transnistrian announcement, with a Kyiv memorial two days earlier.