Merkel, who faces a re-election battle, has invested considerable political capital in keeping the EU aligned behind the sanctions.
Some pro-Western officials, like then-Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev, ignored these powerful groups and aligned Moscow with U.S. sanctions policies to improve relations with Washington.
Without any laid down guidance on sanction we have aligned the offence to that of spitting.
A few in this group (mostly of Arab origin as well as college students) are aligned with the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) movement, but generally, many American Muslims, especially those not regularly involved in a mosque (as the majority of American Muslims are not) are not thinking about or dealing with the conflict.
The investigations are playing out against growing indications that some of the Ukrainians who came to Washington for the inaugural, or their allies, were promoting grand bargains, or "peace" plans, that aligned with Russia's interests, including by lifting sanctions.
That analysis is accurate but does not additionally take into account the fact that the appointments of previous and current directors were all sanctioned by the same group of aligned shareholders.
Comrade Chinx, most notably, aligned with the administration, performing a type of officially sanctioned chimurenga.
These contrasts carry important consequences for the ability of the European Union to be fully aligned with the United States when it comes to technical sanctions design and implementation.
The US was worried the French were drifting to the Brazilian side - who were opposed to implementing sanctions - when in truth they were always aligned to the US position, says our correspondent.
"We have the best chance of success when governments and international bodies align their sanctions". The contrast between the successful application of multilateral sanctions against Iran with the failed unilateral sanctions imposed against Cuba is a clear and accessible contrast.
The provider can identify any activity that is not aligned with the network code of conduct and exercise the appropriate sanctions on the user and the device.
