Here is the English-language text of the EU sanctions on Russia that came into effect today with their publication in the "Official Journal of the European Union." Go to page 9 for the firms affected, including United Aircraft Corporation, JSC Kalashnikov, Rosneft, Transneft, Gazprom Neft, and 15 other companies. Go to page 11 for the list of individuals targeted, including Aleksandr Zakharchenko and other Donetsk and Luhansk "People's Republic" leaders, annexed-Crimea leaders, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky and other Russian political and military figures.
Russian agencies quote State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin as calling U.S. sanctions "already disconnected from reality."
Russian President Vladimir Putin tells leaders at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Tajik capital, "I believe it is necessary to further improve the efficiency of our interaction to meet the challenges of the time," according to Reuters.
Today is the second and final day of the summit, which brings together officials from members China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan's president is there as an invited guest. Officials from observers Afghanistan, India, Iran, Mongolia, and Pakistan are participating in the later stages of the summit.
Despite the shaky cease-fire in Ukraine, preparations for further fighting continue. RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service visited Pletenivka, a crossing point in northeastern Ukraine on the border with Russia, where local volunteers dug defensive trenches on Thursday.
President Petro Poroshenko says the Ukrainian and European parliaments will meet simultaneously on Tuesday to jointly ratify Kyiv's "historic" trade and political association agreement with the EU.
UKRAINE PRESIDENT SAYS THERE CAN BE NO MILITARY SOLUTION OF UKRAINE CRISIS, REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR SOME DECENTRALISATION OF POWER TO REGIONS -- Reuters
ITAR-TASS via Reuters:
Russian state-owned arms exporting firm Rosoboronexport does not expect the latest European Union's sanctions over Ukraine to hurt its exports, Russian news agencies quoted the company's deputy head as saying on Friday.
"According to our forecasts and conclusions, and taking into account the task of import substitution, we are not expecting any significant impact of the new sanctions on our exports," Sergei Goreslavsky was quoted by state news agency Itar-Tass as saying.
More from our news desk on the exchange of prisoners:
Ukraine government forces and pro-Russian separatists have exchanged dozens of prisoners captured during fighting in eastern Ukraine, as part of a cease-fire agreement signed earlier this month.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said 36 servicemen were released early on September 12. He said 21 others had been released the day before.
Ukrainian forces handed over 31 rebels.
The prisoner exchange took place outside Donetsk, one of two separatist-held provincial capitals in eastern Ukraine.
Hundreds of people are believed to have been detained by both sides since the start of the conflict in April.
The two sides have repeatedly accused each other of delaying prisoner exchanges and violating the September 5 cease-fire deal.