sanctions

US reports it has imported sanctioned oil from Iran, a first after 30 years of sanctions

The department did not provide information on how the Iranian imports showed up on its log, despite current US restrictions…

3 years ago

Sanctions against Russia just aren’t working, says French President Macron, calling for dialogue & review of EU’s stance on Moscow

Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Macron said that "with Russia, the policy of progressive sanctions on frozen situations…

3 years ago

Biden says Nord Stream 2 sanctions waived because pipeline nearly done & fighting it now would be ‘counterproductive’ with allies

“I had been opposed to Nord Stream 2 from the beginning, but it was almost completed by the time I…

3 years ago

US officially sanctions 13 Russian ships and RESCUE service over Nord Stream 2 pipeline

Three entities and thirteen vessels were blacklisted under the Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act (PEESA) of 2019, intended to block…

3 years ago

Face-saving fakery: Biden administration’s caving in by waiving sanctions on Nord Stream 2, Professor Wolff tells Boom Bust

According to the US State Department, penalties against the company and its CEO, Matthias Warnig, would have a negative impact…

3 years ago

India’s refiners prepare for lifting of US sanctions on Iran’s oil

India’s refiners halted imports from Iran several months after the previous US Administration slapped sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s oil…

3 years ago

US waives sanctions against Nord Stream company and CEO as Blinken & Lavrov meet in Iceland

Imposing sanctions on the company and its CEO under the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act (PEESA) would “negatively impact US…

3 years ago

Report says US will waive some sanctions on Nord Stream 2 pipeline – but reveals possible ‘Plan B’ to stop Russia-Germany gas link

Nord Stream 2 AG and its CEO Matthias Warnig – a former East German secret agent turned investment banker –…

3 years ago

Turkey’s Erdogan asks Pope to help end ‘massacre’ of Palestinians, calls for international sanctions against Israel

The two held phone talks on Monday, as the Gaza flare-up entered its second week. Erdogan, who has long positioned…

3 years ago

US ‘ready’ to lift sanctions and return to nuclear deal, Iran negotiator says, as 4th round of talks concludes in Vienna

“The information transferred to us from the US side is that they are also serious on returning to the nuclear…

3 years ago