#Sanctions

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 US, Iran teams in Pakistan for peace talks amid doubts over Lebanon, sanctions — 11/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Diplomacy, #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇸 US, Iran set for peace talks but doubts emerge over Lebanon, sanctions — 11/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Diplomacy, #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇦 US Treasury chief defends Russian oil sanctions relief, says price cap limits Kremlin gains — 22/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  "Does Russia get more money if oil goes to $150 and they get 70% of that — that’s $105 — or if oil stays below $100, so they’re getting less money?" U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on March...

  Related: #Energy Policy
• 🇺🇸 White House issues 30-day Iran oil waiver to blunt global price surge — 21/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Iran, #Oil Prices, #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇸 U.S. issues 30-day sanctions waiver for sale of Iranian oil at sea — 21/03/2026 [USA]

  The Trump administration on Friday issued a 30-day sanctions waiver for the purchase of Iranian oil at sea to ease energy supply pressures since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, U.S. Treasur...

  Related: #Oil Markets
• 🇺🇸 Russia may test Trump's Cuba's blockade with oil tankers crossing Atlantic — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Two vessels carrying Russian oil are reportedly heading for Cuba in the coming days in a move that could test President Trump’s longstanding blockade, according to the Financial Times, citing maritime...

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Energy
• 🇺🇸 What is Trump's primary focus with Cuba? — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump says Cuba is next after launching operations in both Venezuela and Iran this year. American University professor William LeoGrande joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.

  Related: #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Is Russian Fuel Headed for Cuba, Testing the U.S. Blockade? — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  A Russian oil tanker is being closely tracked to see if it will challenge the Trump administration’s blockade on Cuba.

  Related: #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇦 Лукашенко звільнив 250 політв’язнів після скасування США санкцій проти білоруських компаній — 19/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  У четвер, 19 березня, після зустрічі з американською делегацією самопроголошений президент Білорусі Олександр Лукашенко звільнив ще одну групу політичних в’язнів. Про це повідомило видання “Наша Ніва”...

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Human Rights
• 🇺🇦 Washington Eases Sanctions On Minsk As Belarus Releases 250 Prisoners — 19/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  The United States has lifted sanctions on several Belarusian entities and the country's Finance Ministry as Belarus announced the release of scores of prisoners -- including political detainees K...

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Human Rights
• 🇬🇧 Russian oil tanker heading to Cuba amid US economic blockade — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Vessel with 730,000 barrels of crude set to reach Cuba on 23 March, according to maritime data, after Donald Trump said he expects to have ‘honour of taking’ country</p><p>Hundreds of thousands of ...

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Energy
• 🇺🇦 Russian oil shipments en route to Cuba despite US blockade, media reports — 19/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  Cuba is set to receive its first oil shipments in months as vessels carrying Russian oil and gas are expected to arrive at its port early next week, the Financial Times (FT) reported on March 18. A...

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Energy
• 🇺🇸 Two shipments of Russian oil and gas head to Cuba in defiance of US — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  First cargo on course to arrive on Monday as Donald Trump taunts communist island while administration engages in talks

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Energy
• 🇬🇧 Government prepares to sue Abramovich after he missed deadline to release £2.5bn from Chelsea sale — 17/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Sanctioned former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been put on notice that legal action is coming from the UK government after failing "to do the right thing" and release the £2.5bn from the club's ...

  Related: #Legal Action
• 🇬🇧 UK prepares to sue Abramovich over £2.4bn proceeds of Chelsea FC sale — 17/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Russian billionaire accused of missing ‘last chance’ to release money to help victims of Ukraine war</p><p>UK officials are preparing for a possible court case against Roman Abramovich after he mis...

  Related: #Legal Action, #Sports Finance
• 🇺🇦 Drones, missiles, soldiers’ salaries: How Russia can spend Trump’s oil sanctions windfall — 17/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  The easing of sanctions on Russian oil by the White House could land the Kremlin $150 million a day to fund its war machine in Ukraine, U.S. Democratic senators have warned. "President Trump&apos;s d...

  Related: #Military Spending
• 🇺🇸 China in contact with US on summit, Rubio sanctions may not apply, Beijing says — 16/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Schiff on lifting of some Russian sanctions: 'We're enriching our adversary' — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday slammed the Trump adminsitration's "terrible decision" to lift some sanctions on Russian oil amid the war in Iran. “I think this is a terrible decision, but it is...

  Related: #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Zelenskyy challenges Europe over Russian oil imports — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  Ukrainian president asks if countries ‘collectively decided’ to restart flows from Russia

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Energy Security
• 🇺🇦 Trump's latest move hands Putin 'jackpot' as US eases Russian oil sanctions — 14/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  The United States issued a temporary license on March 12 allowing countries to purchase Russian oil currently stranded at sea in an effort to stabilize global energy prices, the U.S. Treasury Departme...

  Related: #Energy Policy
• 🇺🇸 U.S. eases some sanctions on Russian oil, but crude prices remain high — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  The move, intended to soothe jittery markets over the disruption of Middle Eastern oil and gas supplies, underlines how the war has boosted Moscow's ability to profit from its energy exports, a pillar...

  Related: #Energy Markets
• 🇺🇦 Ukraine Warns US Easing Of Russian Oil Sanctions Will Boost Moscow&apos;s War Chest — 13/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  Kyiv has warned that a move by the United States to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian oil to stabilize the global energy markets amid its military campaign against Iran could add around $10 billio...

  Related: #War Funding
• 🇬🇧 US easing of Russia oil sanctions draws criticism — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Leaders in Europe and Canada have pushed back against Washington's move to allow Russia to sell stranded oil.

  Related: #Energy Policy
• 🇺🇦 U.S. Sanctions Pause Adds Political Win to Russia’s Economic Gain From Iran War — 13/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  Kremlin officials said the American move, which Europe opposes, showed that Moscow could not be dislodged from the center of global energy markets.

  Related: #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇦 US allow countries to buy limited Russian oil supplies for 30 days — 13/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  The U.S. Treasury Department issued a temporary license on March 12 to allow countries to purchase Russian oil currently stranded at sea, in an effort to stabilize global energy prices as the war with...

  Related: #Energy Policy, #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇸 Sanctions to Disrupt DPRK IT Worker Schemes Defrauding U.S. Businesses — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Office of the Spokesperson Sanctions to Disrupt DPRK IT Worker Schemes Defrauding U.S. Businesses ...

  Related: #Cybercrime, #National Security
• 🇺🇸 United States Sanctions Hamas’s Illicit Charity Network — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Thomas "Tommy" Pigott, Principal Deputy Spokesperson United States Sanctions Hamas’s Illicit Charity Network ...

  Related: #Counterterrorism, #Middle East
• 🇺🇦 Литва продовжила санкції проти Росії та Білорусі до 2028 року — 12/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  Сейм Литви підтримав продовження національних санкцій проти Росії та Білорусі. Обмеження діятимуть до кінця 2027 року. Про це повідомляє LRT. Відповідне рішення парламент ухвалив 12 березня. За прогол...

  Related: #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 U.S. imposes sanctions over North Korean scheme to fund weapons program — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned six individuals and two companies accused of aiding North Korea in running a global scheme using remote IT workers to fund their weapons program.

  Related: #Weapons Proliferation
• 🇺🇦 Turkey, Central Asia Look To Slovakia To Get Russian Oligarch Usmanov Off EU Sanctions List — 12/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Azerbaijan, and three Central Asian republics are, via Slovakia, pushing to get Russian-Uzbek oligarch Alisher Usmanov removed from the European Union’s sanctio...

  Related: #Geopolitics