EU Sanctions Ex-Ukrainian President as Crisis in Crimea Continues

The European Union has frozen the assets of 18 high-ranking officials of the former Ukrainian government, including ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. The 28-nation bloc announced the names of those targeted by the sanctions early Thursday, after reaching a decision the night before to impose the punishments on those responsible for embezzlement of state funds. Yanukovych's son, his former justice minister and several other government ministers are also among those whose assets...

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