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Articles with tag "Sanctions"

proactive steps

Russia Urges Gulf Nations to Consider a Joint Security Mechanism

Tensions in the Gulf have risen following the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani.
rejected complaint

Finnish Court Rejects Russian Businessman Rotenberg's Suit Against Nordic Banks

Rotenberg accused four banks of refusing to allow him to make payments and of violating his right to equal treatment as an EU citizen.
EXPLAINER

How U.S. Sanctions Could Hit Russia's Nord Stream Gas Project

The U.S. wants to sell more gas to Europe and said the pipeline would make the continent too reliant on Russia.
NO MATTER WHAT

Russia Says Nord Stream 2 Will Be Ready in Matter of Months

Russia's new gas transit deal with Ukraine would also mollify the impact on Russian gas supplies of U.S. sanctions introduced on the project.
SANCTIONS BATTLE

Trump Official Slams New Anti-Russia Sanctions in Leaked Letter

The new sanctions would target Russia’s banking and energy sectors.
SILVER LININGS

Sanctions Reduced Inequality in Russia – Study

Russia’s top earners hit hardest by Western sanctions.
Sanction Time

EU Leaders To Extend Sanctions on Russia

EU leaders in Brussels Thursday agreed to extend main economic sanctions against Russia for an additional six months.
sanctions scandal

$6.5M U.S. Tech Bound for Russia Seized by Authorities

U.S. authorities seized a turbine that was bound for Russia's Arctic in an apparent violation of sanctions.
Barred from business

$740Bln U.S. Defense Bill Targets Russian Pipelines

The NDAA also calls for sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of a Russian S-400 missile defense system.
blacklisted boat

Singapore Arrests Sanctioned Russian Vessel

“We could lose this ship,” the deputy director of Russia's Gudzon shipping company said.
NOMINATIVE DETERMINISM

U.S. Sanctions Russian Cybercrime Outfit 'Evil Corp'

The U.S. government is offering a $5 million reward for information about Evil Corp leader.
turbine trouble

U.S. Charges Russian Companies for Attempt to Evade Trade Sanctions

The companies allegedly provided a U.S.-manufactured power turbine to a Russian state-controlled business.
off the air

Latvia Bans 9 Russian TV Stations Over Ties to Sanctioned Billionaire

Yury Kovalchuk, a banker close to President Vladimir Putin, has been on the EU blacklist since 2014.
SWEDISH SANCTIONS SCANDAL

U.S. Investigating Swedish Bank for Breaching Sanctions Against Russia

Sweden’s public broadcaster says Swedbank transactions with Russian Kalashnikov gun maker could have breached U.S. sanctions.
SANCTIONS PROOFING

Russia Says BRICS Nations Favor Idea of Common Payment System

Russia, China, India, Brazil and South Africa to set up a new international bank-to-bank payments system.
SANCTIONS RELIEF

Russia Might Ease Accounting Rules on Sanctioned Firms

Russia’s defense contractors would no longer have to produce annual financial reports in latest proposals to protect sanctioned companies.
CRYPTO SANCTIONS

Russian Metals Plant to Start Bitcoin Mining

A sanctioned Rusal aluminum factory in Karelia is set to become cryptocurrency hub.
SANCTIONS COST

Putin’s Counter-Sanctions Cost Russians $70 Per Person Every Year

The food embargo is hitting Russian consumers to the tune of almost $10 billion a year, new research shows.
WEEKEND PROFILE

History Is Not on Putin’s Side, Says Former U.S. Ambassador

Michael McFaul believes the future of Russia is “normal, boring and democratic.”
Foreign Influence

Putin’s Costly Protectionism Experiment is a Lesson for Trump

Russia’s counter-sanctions on food imports show the pitfalls of economic nationalism
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