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Russia's Ghost Fleet In Focus As West Sanctions Key Oil Sector
Russia's shadow, or ghost, fleet was back in focus Friday after the country was hit by Western sanctions on its key oil sector.
US and UK will target Russia’s energy sector with new sanctions as Biden prepares to leave office
Biden administration officials say the sanctions are being imposed now because they are not likely to add to inflation
Biden administration sanctions Russia’s oil giants and tanker fleet
The White House, now unconcerned about the effect on gas prices and inflation, blacklisted two of Russia’s biggest oil producers and nearly 200 tanker ships.
Biden Levies New Sanctions Against Russian Energy Sector, but It's up to Trump Whether to Keep Them
President Joe Biden's administration says it's expanding sanctions against Russia's critically important energy sector over its war in Ukraine
Biden Administration Fires Parting-Shot Sanctions at Russia’s Energy Sector
Washington now has freer hand in restricting Russian oil amid predictions of a global glut.
Biden set to push new Russia sanctions before Trump era begins
President Joe Biden is expected to unveil new sanctions targeting Russia's economy this week, according to a U.S. official, as part of measures to bolster Kyiv's war effort against Moscow before Donald Trump takes office.
Biden cracks down on Russia’s energy sector in new sanctions
In its final days, the Biden administration is again cracking down on Russia over its war with Ukraine, targeting the country’s production and exports of oil. The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled new sweeping sanctions on Russia’s energy sector Friday in an effort to reduce Moscow’s revenue from oil that has continued to be shipped by
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‘Everything Depends on Moscow’: In Separatist Transnistria, Residents Await End to Sweeping Energy Crisis
Moldova’s pro-Russia breakaway region of Transnistria is grappling with an energy crisis after Russia cut off gas shipments ...
A Russia-backed sliver of Moldova is fast running out of energy. Here’s what to know
In the capital of Transnistria, a Kremlin-backed microstate sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine, the festive New Year’s ...
A top Iranian general said Russia was actually bombing the empty desert while saying it was attacking Syrian rebels
Behrouz Esbati said he partially blamed Russia for the fall of Assad's government, in a rare break from Iran's official line ...
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Shares in Russian oil companies plummet in anticipation of new US sanctions, says Moscow Times
Shares in Russian oil companies have fallen sharply on the Moscow Stock Exchange in anticipation of new sanctions from the ...
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Q&A: CIA Chief on how the U.S. intel community handled Russia, China and Mideast
In an exit interview with NPR's , CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ceasefire in the ...
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Russia's deployment of North Korean troops in Ukraine signals Putin's desperation, Austin says
Russia has endured over 700,000 casualties since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022—more than in all of ...
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Russia Is Developing Laser Weapons to Fight Ukrainian Drones
Russian-based Fly Drones has been deploying an anti-drone laser system—which could be employed to automatically detect, track ...
Russia's naval base problems could be a big blow to its submarine force
Russia's only known submarine in the Mediterranean Sea, the Kilo-class Novorossiysk, was spotted leaving the region last week ...
Moldovan president visits area hit by blackouts, blames Russia's Gazprom
Moldovan President Maia Sandu visited areas hit by rolling power cuts on Thursday and blamed Russian gas giant Gazprom for ...
WATCH: Russian Army's 'Death Road' in Pokrovsk Dashcam Video
Fighting intensifies near Pokrovsk and many have speculated whether Russia can sustain the war effort in Donetsk due to a loss of soldiers and equipment.