US imposes new sanctions on Russia
The United States took sweeping actions on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and imposed sanctions…
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US Treasury exposes network helping Russian military-industrial complex evade sanctions
The US Department of the Treasury’s (USDT) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced in Wednesday’s press release…
US ready to weaken sanctions if Russia withdraws troops from Ukraine, Nuland says
The US government would be ready to weaken sanctions imposed against Russia for its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine…
CEOs of Russia’s largest military concern are still sanction-free
The company is best recognized around the world for producing Kalibr cruise missiles. It is a manufacturer of…
US slaps embargo on Russian oil and gas. Will Europe follow suit?
Among the latest sanctions unveiled by Washington was a full embargo on Russian oil and gas. The European…
Daily review: Putin formally recognizes his puppet republics, sanctions expected
The past 24 hours in the war zone Regular Russian military columns entered occupied areas of eastern Ukraine…
Russian gas, German elections, and US sanctions
Two high-resonance processes have been simultaneously unfolding in Europe in the last few weeks: the sharp increase in…
US House of Representatives may have just killed Nord Stream 2
On 23 September, the Democrat-controlled lower house of the United States Congress voted for amendments to the National…
Western sanctions regime must be fundamentally revised because Russia is a mafia state, Gessen says
The Russian-American commentator argues that the West’s sanctions regime is based on the false assumption that Moscow will…
Under Biden, sanctions against Russia will be more consistent and stable, their “architect” says
In this interview with Valentyna Samar, editor-in-chief of the Center for Journalistic Investigations, and Julia Kazdobina, head of…
Amidst seemingly easing tensions, Putin leaves much unsaid in speech to parliament
The first glazed-over item on this list is the sharp escalation of the Ukraine crisis caused by the…
Putin to turn a deaf ear to Biden’s words, Portnikov says
He’s going to act from the position of strength, which involves the use of sanctions and pressure on…
Can the vessel Akademik Cherskiy finish Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction?
At the beginning of October 2020, the Akademik Cherskiy—the only Russian pipe-laying ship capable of completing the construction…
The toxic myth of “understanding and engaging” Russia
Recent western attempts to help “solve” the conflict in Donbas Russia’s war against Ukraine in Donbas is understandingly…
Russia pushes to complete Nord Stream 2 challenging US sanctions
While the United States struggles with the coronavirus pandemic, Russia has deployed two pipe-laying vessels to the Baltic…
Pandemic adding to burdens sanctions have imposed on Moscow for seizing Crimea, Umland says
The logic of the sanctions regime the West imposed on Moscow after Putin seized Ukraine’s Crimea was not…
Portnikov: Why Berlin saves Putin’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
The German tabloid Bild informed its readers about the decision by the Bundestag’s ruling coalition to change the…
Portnikov: Crimea and the “confrontation of superpowers”
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg linked Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula with the confrontation of superpowers. This…
Portnikov: A big war and the “streams”
The US Senate Committee on International Affairs supported the introduction of sanctions against the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline…
Sanctions matter even if they won’t change Putin’s policies because ending them would lead to disasters
Sanctions against Moscow for its violation of international law in Ukraine are important and worth maintaining as a…
