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Oil prices up by 4%, rouble strengthens: What happened as Trump announced new sanctions on Russian oil giants
October 23, 2025 6:49 pm
Following the announcement, Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said Moscow had developed a "strong immunity" to such restrictions.
'Talks with Putin don't go anywhere': Trump says as US announces new sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies
October 23, 2025 5:02 am
The new sanctions on Russian oil companies came a day after Trump announced he had “canceled” an anticipated meeting with Putin, scheduled in Budapest, because he “didn’t feel like we were going to get to the place we have to get.”
The world this week | India stays pragmatic amid Trump’s tirade; US moves N-Subs closer to Russia; Canada to recognise Palestinian state
August 03, 2025 10:08 am
From India remaining committed to protecting ‘national interest’ amid Trump’s tariff blitzkrieg and “penalty” for energy imports from Russia, to the US moving nuclear submarines closer to Moscow, and parts of the West putting pressure on Israel by recognising the statehood of Palestine, while experts warn of “worst-case scenario of famine” unfolding in Gaza, a lot has happened in the world this week.
Russia has immunity to sanctions, Kremlin says after Donald Trump tightens deadline
July 30, 2025 5:33 pm
Trump said on Tuesday that the United States would start imposing tariffs and other measures on Russia in 10 days if Moscow showed no progress toward ending its more than three-year-long war in Ukraine.
Oilfield firm SLB retrenches as Russia sanctions squeeze: report
May 10, 2023 10:24 am
SLB, the world's largest oil services and equipment provider, last year rejected calls from human rights groups to withdraw from Russia as Western rivals exited quickly after the invasion of Ukraine.
War and sanctions threaten to thrust Russia’s economy back in time
December 05, 2022 2:08 pm
More than nine months after the invasion, neither the war effort nor the economy has collapsed, and the economic pain is still limited for many Russians.
Russia hit with new round of US sanctions as Biden decries 'major war crimes'
April 07, 2022 3:40 pm
The new sanctions hit Russia's Sberbank which holds one-third of Russia's total banking assets, and Alfabank, the country's fourth largest financial institution, US officials said.
Why Germany can’t just pull the plug on Russian energy
April 06, 2022 3:33 pm
Russian gas, oil and coal are embedded in the German economy and way of life. The roots run deep.
China rejects sanctions as Ukraine war tops summit agenda
April 11, 2022 11:24 am
The Chinese Foreign Ministry also laid blame for the war in Ukraine at least partially on the United States for pushing to expand the NATO military alliance closer to Russia's borders.
US criticises India on Russia talks as Lavrov visits Delhi
March 31, 2022 8:47 pm
India’s middle-ground position on the war has left to a raft of diplomacy in the past few weeks, with China’s foreign minister visiting for the first time since 2019 and now Lavrov seeking to shore up support.
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