Russia opposes South Sudan arms embargo, sanctions on leaders

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it was opposed to placing a United Nations arms embargo on South Sudan or blacklisting President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar as such moves were not helpful to the implementation of a peace deal agreed by the pair in August. U.N. sanctions monitors said in a report, seen by Reuters on Monday, that the U.N. Security Council should put an arms embargo on South Sudan and sanction the oil-rich country's rival leaders ove