Shorouk Express One person familiar with Friday’s discussion pointed out Surgutneftegas, Putin’s personal company, has not been targeted yet and predicted: “If their [Russia’s] entire oil sphere could be squeezed it would have some chance of bringing Putin to the table.” A senior U.K. official separately added that the U.S. action had been “a really…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 28. This evening, at 8:00 p.m. EDT, the United Nations reimposed sanctions and other restictions pursuant to six UN Security Council Resolutions – 1696, 1737, 1747, 1803, 1835, and 1929 – based on Iran’s continuing “significant non-performance” of its nuclear commitments, Trend reports. Their reactivation concludes the snapback process initiated…
Shorouk Express “We must cut off all possible supply routes and means of evading sanctions,” Zelenskyy said. The Ukrainian leader is expecting to meet with Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, where he will seek clarifications on what security guarantees the U.S. is willing to provide as…
Shorouk Express Trump said he believes ending Russian oil purchases, combined with the imposition of tariffs on China of 50 percent to 100 percent — by NATO members and the U.S. — would help bring an end to what he called a “ridiculous war.” Trump, promised in his election campaign that he would end the…
Shorouk Express Trump ready to push ahead with a new round of sanctions US President Donald Trump has said he is ready to push ahead with a new round of sanctions after Russia targeted the main government building in Kyiv for the first time since the Ukraine war began in 2022. Trump was asked by…
Shorouk Express A spokesperson for the Commission told POLITICO the delegation would be led by David O’Sullivan, the EU’s sanctions envoy. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the EU’s 19th package of sanctions against Russia — designed “to bring President Putin to the negotiation table” — would be unveiled in early September. Ukraine and its allies have…
Shorouk Express After he snubbed last year’s edition of the gathering, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also attending the gathering. Relations between India and the U.S. reached a low point this month after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods over the country’s purchase of Russian oil. Putin will…
Shorouk Express Last month, E3 members warned they could reintroduce sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program, which Tehran is seeking to rebuild following American and Israeli airstrikes in June. The European Commission has, meanwhile, proposed extending the sanction pause to give Iran time to “meet their legal obligations,” without laying out a specific time. “Since 2019,…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email The U.S. could impose crippling secondary sanctions on Russia if the three-year-old war it has been waging against Ukraine is not brought to…
Shorouk Express Slovakia could back a new EU sanctions package against Russia on Tuesday, Prime Minister Robert Fico said, as long as it first reaches a deal with European partners to cushion the effect of a proposed ban on Russian gas entering the bloc. Slovakia has blocked the sanctions package over Bratislava’s concerns that a…
