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sanctions against Russia

eu leaders agree renew russia sanctions full year first time bulgaria's pro-russian leader vows veto next batch · post president ukraine volodymyr zelenskyy (left) meeting prime minister bulgaria rumen radev

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EU leaders agree to renew Russia sanctions for a full year for the first time as Bulgaria’s pro-Russian leader vows to veto the next batch

Rumen Radev wants the Russian oil company that runs his country's only refinery struck from the list, and he objects to sanctions on a Russian Orthodox bishop.

byYuri Zoria

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Canada hits Russia with new sanctions at G7, a day after Lavra strike

Carney condemns the monastery attack and targets Russia's shadow fleet and energy revenues

byMaria Tril

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Zelenskyy at G7: Trump “positive” on missile licenses, but Europe needs a cheaper option

Washington's interceptor lines are stretched, and Zelenskyy wants Europe building its own.

byMaria Tril

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Kallas calls the Lavra attack a war crime and announces new EU sanctions

The Foreign Affairs Council listed 34 individuals and 47 entities, including Lukoil-Western Siberia, two Chinese drone-component suppliers, the Kremlin's Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, and 15 people tied to Alexei Navalny's persecution and death.

byMaria Tril

uk forces board russian shadow-fleet oil tanker english channel first time · post smyrtos cameroon-flagged crude boarded british sitting anchor off south coast england near isle portland 14 2026 hkwn2azxiaanehe

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UK forces board the Russian shadow-fleet’s oil tanker in the English Channel for the first time

Royal Marines and crime-agency officers spent six hours seizing the Smyrtos, which now sits anchored off England's southern coast, the UK government said.

byYuri Zoria

moscow's fuel supplier under fire ukrainian drones strike rosneft's ryazan refinery · post black smoke rises over oil hours after drone 15 2026 ryazan-supernova+-5204027262443918426 ukraine news reports

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Russia’s oil production falls for sixth straight month as Ukrainian drone strikes hit storage and transport

Companies redirected crude to restored Baltic and Black Sea ports, lifting exports from 3.17 to 3.64 million barrels a day, while the extraction tax base underneath kept contracting.

byYuri Zoria

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Russia tells its regions to raise taxes on residents and businesses to plug a record budget hole

The combined regional gap grew fivefold from 2024 and almost eightfold from 2023, with the tax service now pressing governors to find more revenue.

byYuri Zoria

wsj putin's sanctioned inner circle keeps buying western business jets through web middlemen · post bombardier global 7500 same type western-built jet flown russia's elite graham hughes/bloomberg news similar have

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WSJ: Putin’s sanctioned inner circle keeps buying Western business jets through a web of middlemen

A WSJ investigation traces Bombardier and Gulfstream business jets from European dealers through Dubai and Bermuda into Kremlin hands.

byYuri Zoria

france's navy boards sanctioned russian oil tanker atlantic · post uniformed personnel descend rope helicopter onto tagor during boarding 31 2026 затримання нафтового танкера французькими вмс 1 червня року джерело

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France’s navy boards a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet’s oil tanker in the Atlantic

The Tagor was hauling crude from a Russian Arctic port toward West Africa when commandos stopped it on the high seas, with British help.

byYuri Zoria

europe weighs freezing russia's oil price cap iran war threatens loosen · post close-up submerged stern russian tanker valery gorchakov visible rescue activity following ukrainian drone attack 21 2025 35609fdb

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Europe weighs freezing Russia’s oil price cap as the Iran war threatens to loosen it

Brussels could override the automatic formula that would otherwise let the ceiling jump from $44.10 to at least $65 a barrel in July, Bloomberg says.

byYuri Zoria

72 russian rights abusers face eu asset freezes travel bans another year · post europa building seat council brussels samynandpartners / extended its russia human sanctions until 28 2027 said

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72 Russian rights abusers face EU asset freezes and travel bans for another year

The framework was established in March 2024 after Navalny's death, in response to Russia's accelerating and systematic repression. EU citizens and companies are barred from funding the sanctioned.

byYuri Zoria

washington lets russian oil loophole expire ending months seaborne sanctions relief · post benin-flagged boracay crude tanker shadow fleet vesselfinder 1 ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Washington lets the Russian oil loophole expire, ending months of seaborne sanctions relief

Senators from both parties had pressed the administration to drop the carve-out that critics said funneled billions into Moscow's war chest.

byYuri Zoria

eu's 21st russia sanctions package target shadow fleet banks firms selling stolen ukrainian grain—politico · post russian vessel deyna boarded french navy forces mediterranean 20 2026 hd2nuouxmaa-5_h ukraine news reports

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EU’s 21st Russia sanctions package will target the shadow fleet, banks, and firms selling stolen Ukrainian grain—Politico

Brussels expects the package in late June or early July, EU officials told Politico, with Hungary's change of government unlocking measures previously blocked under Viktor Orbán, including sanctions on Patriarch Kirill.

byYuri Zoria

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EU just held its first summit without Orbán, and discovered his obstruction was covering deeper divisions

Without him in the room, diplomats acknowledged behind closed doors that Orbán had long absorbed the blame for conflicts that were never really his alone.

byOlena Mukhina

slovakia held eu sanctions russia hostage druzhba pipeline ukraine just turned tap back · post runs through refineries hungary u31f6-druzhba- pipeline-funnels-russian-oil-to-hungary-and-slovakia- (1)1 news ukrainian reports

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Slovakia held EU sanctions on Russia hostage to Druzhba pipeline. Ukraine just turned the tap back on

Slovak FM Blanár had stated the previous day that Bratislava would not block the 20th EU sanctions package against Russia once deliveries resumed. Russian oil is expected to reach Slovakia tomorrow.

byYuri Zoria

trump extended ban russian ships docking ports — keeping biden-era measure alive through spring 2027 · post state-owned sovcomflot company's oil tanker part “shadow fleet” russia's shipping company operates vessels

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Trump extended the ban on Russian ships docking in US ports — keeping a Biden-era measure alive through spring 2027

The White House cited Russia's policies as constituting a continuing disturbance to US international relations.

byYuri Zoria

politico fico first line orbán's disruptor crown — brussels has four more leaders worry about · post left right slovak pm robert czech andrej babiš bulgaria's rumen radev slovenia's former

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Politico: Fico is first in line for Orbán’s disruptor crown — but Brussels has four more leaders to worry about

Fico threatened to veto Ukraine's €90 billion loan. Babiš demanded a carveout. Meloni told leaders she understood Orbán. Radev called Ukraine doomed. Janša is the only one who supports Kyiv — and he may not even form a government.

byYuri Zoria

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EU hands Hungary’s new leader 27 conditions. One of them is unlocking €90 billion for Ukraine

The other conditions span anti-corruption measures and the reversal of Orbán-era decisions found to violate EU rules.

byOlena Mukhina

russia spent $130 billion extra sanctioned goods since 2022 — still couldn't find replacements some latvia says · post russian major tank producer uralvagonzavod plant's production line tass ukraine news

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Russia spent $130 billion extra on sanctioned goods since 2022 — and it still couldn’t find replacements for some of them, Latvia says

Latvia's intelligence service assesses that Putin likely receives sanitized reports burying the economic losses — making him even less likely to change course under economic pressure.

byYuri Zoria

another russian national off sanctions list — time former finance minister ran russia's third-largest bank · post mikhail zadornov ceo otkritie 1578451190_0_0_3139_2048_1440x900_80_1_1_ff0353bc061ff6516a14a1c379f83f58jpg trump administration removed prominent banker 3 reported delisting

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Another Russian national off the US sanctions list — this time a former finance minister who ran Russia’s third-largest bank

ikhail Zadornov, sanctioned in 2022 for heading Otkritie Bank, successfully petitioned OFAC for removal. The US Treasury insists it reflects no broader policy change, but the delisting follows similar moves in late March.

byYuri Zoria

Sanctions against Russia

EU leaders agree to renew Russia sanctions for a full year for the first time as Bulgaria’s pro-Russian leader vows to veto the next batch

Canada hits Russia with new sanctions at G7, a day after Lavra strike

Zelenskyy at G7: Trump “positive” on missile licenses, but Europe needs a cheaper option

Kallas calls the Lavra attack a war crime and announces new EU sanctions

UK forces board the Russian shadow-fleet’s oil tanker in the English Channel for the first time

Russia’s oil production falls for sixth straight month as Ukrainian drone strikes hit storage and transport

Russia tells its regions to raise taxes on residents and businesses to plug a record budget hole

WSJ: Putin’s sanctioned inner circle keeps buying Western business jets through a web of middlemen

France’s navy boards a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet’s oil tanker in the Atlantic

Europe weighs freezing Russia’s oil price cap as the Iran war threatens to loosen it

72 Russian rights abusers face EU asset freezes and travel bans for another year

Washington lets the Russian oil loophole expire, ending months of seaborne sanctions relief

EU’s 21st Russia sanctions package will target the shadow fleet, banks, and firms selling stolen Ukrainian grain—Politico

EU just held its first summit without Orbán, and discovered his obstruction was covering deeper divisions

Slovakia held EU sanctions on Russia hostage to Druzhba pipeline. Ukraine just turned the tap back on

Trump extended the ban on Russian ships docking in US ports — keeping a Biden-era measure alive through spring 2027

Politico: Fico is first in line for Orbán’s disruptor crown — but Brussels has four more leaders to worry about

EU hands Hungary’s new leader 27 conditions. One of them is unlocking €90 billion for Ukraine

Russia spent $130 billion extra on sanctioned goods since 2022 — and it still couldn’t find replacements for some of them, Latvia says

Another Russian national off the US sanctions list — this time a former finance minister who ran Russia’s third-largest bank

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