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Articles with tag "Sanctions"

Moscow to Host 2030 World Weightlifting Championships, IWF Says

No world championships in an Olympic sport have been held in Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Trump Needs More Time to Assess Impact of Russian Sanctions, Rubio Says

“A lot of you don’t know what my decision is yet, but we’ll figure it out, and you’ll figure it out,” Trump told reporters over the weekend.
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Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From New Sanctions Legislation

In his executive order, Donald Trump said exempting Russia from the sanctions legislation was in the “national interest” of the United States.
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opinion Inna Bondarenko

To the West, Rich Russians Can Plead Powerlessness. Everyone Else Must Prove Their Courage.

If a billionaire can say he has little ability to influence Putin, how are Russians with no access to power supposed to do so?
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Putin Hands Control of 5 Western Firms to Ukraine War Veteran

The Kremlin says the latest transfers represent a continued policy “trend” targeting countries that froze Russian reserves in Europe.
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Russian Ministers Join Board of Key Trade Payments Firm A7

The U.S. has sanctioned A7, saying it had built a global network of affiliated companies "to disguise payments linked to sanctioned sectors and persons...
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Latvia Formally Blacklists Russian Journalist Leonid Ragozin

Ragozin drew public ire for comments arguing that the Kremlin felt compelled to use “brute force” in response to Western encroachment on its sphere...
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French Navy Boards Russia-Linked Tanker in Indian Ocean

The ship is at least the sixth shadow-fleet tanker French authorities have detained over the past year.
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EU Adopts Record Sanctions Expansion Targeting 1.6K Russian Defense Firms and Executives

The companies supply components for Russian missiles, drones and aircraft, including explosives, ammunition, semiconductors and computers.
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Russian Attack on Ukrainian City Kills 20, a Day After Trump Eases Diesel Sanctions on Moscow

The Ukrainian President offered some of his sharpest criticism of Donald Trump after this week's third mass-casualty Russian attack.
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Germany Sticks to Russia Sanctions After Trump Diesel Announcement

Trump said on Friday that Russia had agreed to supply diesel to the global market to ease fuel prices. Kyiv's allies are not supportive.
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U.K. Expands Sanctions to Cover 90% of Russian Oil Output, Shadow Fleet and Finance Networks

The sanctions come on the heels of the EU approving another sanctions package Wednesday.
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EU Lifts Belarus-Related Sanctions on Russian Billionaire Gutseriev – RFE/RL

The billionaire remains subject to separate EU sanctions linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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EU Approves Record Sanctions Expansion Targeting 1.6K Russian Citizens and Entities

The agreement will bring the total number of people and entities under EU sanctions over the war to nearly 4,650.
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Ex-German Chancellor Schroeder Joins Board of German Chain in Russia

It comes as Western retailers face the risk of state asset seizures, which Putin defended as a response to the EU freezing its state funds. 
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U.S. Blacklists Russia’s A7 Payment Platform Over Alleged Sanctions Evasion

The Treasury accused the A7 network of enabling Iran and others to bypass Western banking restrictions.
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Kremlin Denies Talks on Freeing Political Prisoners for U.S. Sanctions Relief

Top spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow “categorically denies the existence of any political prisoners” in Russian jails.
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EU Sanctions Russian Officials Involved in Crackdown Against Yabloko

Among the targeted officials is a Russian Supreme Court judge who ruled last month to bar Yabloko’s federal party list from State Duma elections.
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EU Removes Billionaires Usmanov and Fridman From Sanctions List

The EU also rolled over the remaining 3,000 individuals and entities on its Russia sanctions list for another three years, diplomats said.
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New U.S. Sanctions Will Harm Ukraine Peace Talks and Bilateral Ties, Kremlin Says

Without criticizing Donald Trump directly, Russian officials said the latest measures would only further strain relations.
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