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Russia Is Unmoved by Trump’s Sanctions Threats and Offers on War
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Russia doesn’t view sanctions relief as a critical factor in negotiations to end the war and isn’t expecting any significant easing of US penalties, according to a person clos...
By Edward Fishman
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Rubio Says Sanctions Stay for Now as Trump Eyes Putin Summit
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European allies that the US will keep sanctions on Russia in place at least until a deal to end the Ukraine conflict is reached, even as hi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Biden Takes Aim at Russian Oil. Trump Is Up Next.
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Talk about a parting shot. After nearly three years of winking and nodding at Russian oil exports, President Joe Biden dealt them a body blow two weeks before leaving office. ...
By Edward Fishman
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U.S. Issues Fresh Round of Sanctions Against Russia Ahead of Trump Return to White House
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The United States on Wednesday imposed hundreds of sanctions targeting Russia, seeking to increase pressure on Moscow in the Biden administration's final days and protect some...
By Edward Fishman
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U.S. Takes Aim at Financial Institutions with New Russia Sanctions Authority
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The move comes as U.S. funding for Ukraine military aid is running out and the United States and its allies search for new ways to slow Russia's war effort. Washington already...
By Edward Fishman
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U.S. Treasury’s Updated Sanctions Strategy Against Russia
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Last Tuesday at the Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo laid out the Biden Administration’s updated strategy for using sancti...
By Alex Zerden
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Putin’s Wartime Bluster Obscures Russia’s Precarious Future
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Sanctions imposed by Group of Seven (G-7) countries — the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom — and the European Union are aimed at strangling P...
By Emily Kilcrease
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The U.S. has sanctioned Vladimir Putin's long-rumored romantic partner
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But at this point in the war, it's unclear how far sanctions against any one individual will go to deter Putin, says Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Iran sanctions spotlight opaque brokers and middlemen behind oil trade
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Iran is no stranger to sanctions. The county weathered the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure campaign”. Russia has even turned to Iran for lessons on coping with wester...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Is seizing the yachts & mansions of Russian oligarchs enough? No.
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Rachel Ziemba who assesses country risk at the Center for a New American Security also notes that there have been interesting moves into US-linked cryptocurrency and other liq...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Biden administration tries to cut off Chinese lifeline to Russia
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The official declined to comment on the type of military assistance Russia has requested but said the United States held “deep concerns about China’s alignment with Russia” am...
By Emily Kilcrease
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NOTEWORTHY: The New Russia Export Controls
Press Note
Emily Kilcrease, Senior Fellow and Director of the Economics, Energy, and Security program at the Center for a New American Security weighs in with expert commentary and analy...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Iranian Oil Executive Removed From U.S. Sanctions List Remains Active in Sector
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An Iranian oil executive removed from U.S. financial blacklists last month because he had resigned from Iran’s national oil company now holds senior positions with two Iranian...
By Jason Bartlett
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U.S. Slaps Wide-Ranging Sanctions on Moscow—but Stops Short of Killer Blow
The Biden administration announced a sweeping package of sanctions on Russia on Thursday, including further restrictions on Moscow’s ability to tap capital markets and fresh d...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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How Russia's Opposition Movement Wants Biden to Confront Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has so far kept his silence on President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. But other Russians have not been so circumspect. ...
By Edward Fishman
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Analysis: Trump sanctions could give Biden a bargaining chip in deal talks with Iran
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The Trump administration’s imposition of new sanctions on Iran may have been intended to forestall a new nuclear deal with Tehran if Joe Biden is elected president, but it cou...
By Peter Harrell
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U.S. Sanctions Additional Iranian Banks
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The Trump administration Thursday blacklisted 18 Iranian banks that remain unsanctioned under its economywide pressure campaign. The push weeks before the Nov. 3 U.S. presiden...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. imposes new Iran sanctions that may spook European banks
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The United States on Thursday slapped fresh sanctions on Iran’s financial sector, targeting 18 banks in an effort to further choke off Iranian revenues as Washington ramps up ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. imposes Iran sanctions, says U.N. penalties resume despite skepticism
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The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Iran’s defense ministry and others involved in its nuclear and weapons program to support the U.S. assertion that all U.N....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump steps up Iran fight in final election stretch
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President Trump is ramping up a fight with both Iran and U.S. allies with just weeks to go before the presidential election.The Trump administration insists all United Nations...
By Peter Harrell
