Trump says final Nippon Steel deal not yet approved, addresses Russia sanctions and foreign policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that the Nippon Steel acquisition is not finalized and requires his approval, while also commenting on sanctions legislation against Russia and the prospects…
Russians switch to used cars as sanctions pummel auto sector
By Gleb Stolyarov and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – Spending on new cars in Russia more than halved last year as the auto industry felt the full force of Western sanctions over…
How sanctions complicated day-to-day banking for Russians
By Alexander Marrow and Elena Fabrichnaya MOSCOW (Reuters) – Financial sanctions against Russia have strangled its banks’ profits and wrecked many lenders’ international operations, but one year after Moscow sent its troops…
EU on track to adopt new Russia sanctions for war anniversary – sources
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries were “on good track” to adopt new sanctions against Moscow in time for the Feb.24 one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according…
Russia values Serbia’s ‘balanced foreign policy’, avoiding sanctions, Putin tells Vucic
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Russia highly appreciates Serbia’s “balanced foreign policy” and backs its efforts to protect its territorial integrity in its stand-off with Kosovo, President Vladimir Putin said in a letter to…
German authorities raid firms suspected of Russia sanctions violations
By Matthias Inverardi and Steve Stecklow (Reuters) – German authorities searched the premises of three companies early Thursday as part of an ongoing probe into the possible violation of European Union sanctions…
Putin says Russian economy will grow in 2023 despite sanctions
(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said Russia’s economy had overcome the worst effects of sanctions and was expected to show modest growth this year, despite what he said were attempts…
Russia sanctions 77 Americans in tit-for-tat move
(Reuters) – Russia hit dozens of U.S. politicians and officials with sanctions on Wednesday in what it said was a retaliatory move for Washington’s support for Kyiv and a response to the…
Associate Of Sanctioned Oligarch Indicted For Sanctions Evasion And Money Laundering
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Andrew C. Adams, the Director of Task Force KleptoCapture, Ivan J. Arvelo, the Special Agent in Charge of the…
U.S. says associate of Russian oligarch Vekselberg charged over sanctions evasion
By Kanishka Singh and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors charged a Russian citizen who was also a U.S. resident with facilitating a sanctions evasion and money laundering scheme in relation…
Russian state bank VTB blames 2022 losses on sanctions -CEO
By Elena Fabrichnaya and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s VTB bank’s losses last year were due entirely to sanctions, CEO Andrei Kostin said on Tuesday, a rare acknowledgement that the West’s…
U.S. sanctions board of directors of Iranian drone maker
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the board of directors of Iranian drone maker Paravar Pars, the U.S. Treasury Department said, adding Iranian drones were…
Latvia says traders use Turkey, Kazakhstan, Armenia to dodge Russia sanctions
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – Traders are using Turkey, Kazakhstan and Armenia to evade European Union sanctions on Russia in a tactic that breaches these countries’ compliance with the bloc’s embargo,…
Austria’s Raiffeisen says Ukrainian sanctions target its leasing unit
VIENNA (Reuters) – A Russian leasing unit of Austrian lender Raiffeisen Bank International is among the companies targeted by sanctions that Ukraine announced overnight, RBI said on Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy…
Prigozhin, Kremlin dismiss U.S. sanctions on Russia’s Wagner group
(Reuters) – Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin reacted sarcastically on Friday to new U.S. sanctions against his Wagner private military group, and the Kremlin said Washington had been smearing Wagner without reason for…
Japan tightens Russia sanctions after deadly missile strikes in Ukraine
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan tightened sanctions against Russia on Friday following its latest wave of missile attacks in Ukraine, adding goods to an export ban list and freezing the assets of Russian officials…
U.S. says it will propose new Haiti targets for U.N. sanctions
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it will propose further targets in Haiti for U.N. sanctions, a move broadly backed by China as the Caribbean…
U.S. sanctions Lebanon money exchanger for alleged ties to Hezbollah
BEIRUT (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday it was placing sanctions on Lebanese money exchanger Hassan Moukalled and his business for alleged financial ties to blacklisted group Hezbollah. Its announcement said…
More EU sanctions should hit Russian arms production – Czech Foreign Minister
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union should introduce more sanctions against Russia’s technology sector to curb Moscow’s ability to produce arms and rockets it is using to wage war…
Former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New York Counterintelligence Division Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia
A former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New York Counterintelligence Division and a former Soviet and Russian diplomat were arrested Saturday on criminal charges related to their alleged violating and…
Former Special Agent In Charge Of The New York FBI Counterintelligence Division Charged With Violating U.S. Sanctions On Russia
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of…
Iranian currency falls to record low amid isolation and sanctions
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s troubled currency fell to a record low against the U.S. dollar on Saturday amid the country’s increasing isolation and possible Europe Union sanctions against Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards or…
EU working on 10th round of Russia sanctions – diplomats
By Gabriela Baczynska and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries are working on a 10th package of sanctions to take effect next month against Russia for waging war against Ukraine,…
Russian car sales down 58.8% in 2022 as sanctions hit industry hard
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Car sales in Russia collapsed by 58.8% in 2022, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) said on Thursday, as the industry reels from the impact of Western sanctions on Moscow.…
Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Violate Iranian Sanctions
Greenbelt, Maryland – Behrouz Mokhtari, age 72, of McLean, Virginia and Tehran, Iran, a native of Iran and a naturalized citizen of the United States, pleaded guilty today to two conspiracies to…
Canada imposes sanctions on 2 Iranian individuals, 3 entities
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is imposing sanctions on two Iranian individuals and three entities over human right violations, the Canadian foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday. Iran’s judiciary has sentenced…
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