Biden Imposes Sanctions on Iranian-Oil Sellers
The Biden administration imposed sanctions on 15 individuals and entities involved in the illicit sale of Iranian oil.
Zelensky Requests Additional Lethal Aid, Oil Sanctions in Call
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks during an interview with Reuters in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 1, 2022. (Umit Bektas/Reuters) Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky made requests for lethal aid and additional sanctions against Russia in a Zoom call with members of Congress on Saturday, according to multiple reports. Zelensky requested planes that Ukrainian pilots are trained to…
Expect Higher Energy Prices after Sanctions
White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 22, 2022. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Following President Biden’s announcement of a punitive sanctions package against Russia as retaliation for its creeping incursion into Ukraine, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Tuesday that Americans should expect already…
White House Unclear on Sanctions Decision over Russian ‘Peacekeepers’ in Ukraine
Russian service members take part in tactical exercises of an assault engineering unit at a training ground in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in Rostov Region, Russia January 17, 2022.(Sergey Pivovarov/Reuters) Top U.S. officials have promised for months to target Russia with crippling sanctions in the event that Moscow opts for a military assault on Ukraine. But on Monday…
Joe Biden Expected to Waive Sanctions on Syria to Allow Pipeline Project to Hezbollah-Controlled Lebanon
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Biden-Obama Waive Billions in Sanctions Against Iranian Regime Like They Did in 2016
What has been clear for years is that the Obama-Biden regime never wanted peace in the Middle East. What’s Really Going On with Iran? It Doesn’t Look Like the Biden/Obama Administration is Really Interested in Peace in the Middle East Advertisement – story continues below Obama’s efforts appear to be to only blow the…
UN Chief Calls for Biden/Obama to Lift Iran Sanctions Per the Horrible Agreement from 2015
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for the US to raise sanctions from the world leader in terrorism, Iran. American Military News is reporting: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to the U.S. administration to “lift or waive” all sanctions on Iran as agreed under the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers….
Joe Biden Received Campaign Cash From Top Russia Lobbyist Before Waiving Sanctions on Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
Joe Biden and his Democrat allies received money from a top Russia lobbyist in 2020 before waiving sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Recall, Biden’s first order of business was to shut down the Keystone Pipeline which killed more than 55,000 American jobs. But Joe Biden supports a pipeline from Russia to Germany that…
Secretary of State Blinken Says Joe Biden is Working to Lift Sanctions on Iran Even Though Iran Funds Terror (VIDEO)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Joe Biden is working to lift sanctions on Iran even though Iran funds terror around the world. President Trump withdrew from Obama’s disastrous and dangerous Iran nuke deal, imposed sanctions on Iran and killed their top General Qasem Soleimani. Now the Biden Administration, colloquially referred to as Obama’s 3rd…
Nord Stream 2 Completion "At Risk" After Fresh Trump Admin Sanctions, Gazprom Admits
Coming on Trump’s last full day in office, the US has slapped yet more sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 Russia to Germany natural gas pipeline as part of ongoing efforts to prevent its completion, specifically targeting a ship in involved in its final leg of construction. The Russian pipe-laying ship “Fortuna” and its owner…
UAE Identified As "Hub" For Companies Helping Venezuela Evade US Oil Sanctions
A detailed investigative report by Reuters has found Washington-ally United Arab Emirates has been helping Maduro’s Venezuela skirt sanctions which the Trump administration has used as pressure for regime change. The UAE is alleged to have stepped up its sanctions-busting activities as a major “hub” allowing Venezuela to export its oil, especially after a half dozen…
Germany Outraged Over "Unjustified" Russian Tit-For-Tat Sanctions On Berlin Officials
Germany has expressed outrage over what it says are “unjustified” sanctions leveled by Russia on Tuesday in response to prior German punitive sanctions against Kremlin intelligence officials over the alleged state-sponsored poisoning of opposition activist and political figure Alexei Navalny. The AFP reports on the tit-for-tat measures: The charge d’affaires at the German embassy in Moscow, Beate Grzeski, was summoned…
US Announces Sanctions On Assad's Wife & Even Her British Family Members
With apparently little else left to sanction in Syria, the United States is now going after Bashar al-Assad’s wife and even extended family members which have long resided in London. A Tuesday statement from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicated the US is imposing sanctions on Syria first lady Asma al-Assad, blaming her in part for…
Stoltenberg Laments “Situation Where NATO Allies Impose Sanctions On Each Other”
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged a “positive solution” following the US decision to impose sanctions on Turkey over its S-400 missile defense system purchase from Russia in statements Tuesday. He also lamented such deep cracks in the military alliance during a press briefing in Brussels: “I urge all NATO allies and Turkey and other allies…
Germany Looks To Protect Russia-Led Nord Stream 2 From US Sanctions
Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, The German state where the controversial Russia-led natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 is planned to land has proposed the creation of a state-protected foundation that would hold the assets of Nord Stream in a bid to protect the project from U.S. sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing a proposal of…
Europe’s Anti-Russia Sanctions A Stupendous Act Of Self-Harm And Loathing
Via The Strategic Culture Foundation, New data out this week indicates that the European Union has suffered aggregate economic losses amounting to over €120 billion due to its policy of imposing sanctions against Russia. That’s according to figures released by the Dusseldorf Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Yet European leaders at an EU summit this week again…
Trump Admin Prepares “Flood” Of Iran Sanctions To Take Effect By Jan. 20
The Trump administration plans to throw everything it can against the Iranians before January 20 — the day Joe Biden would be inaugurated and take the White House. According to Axios on Sunday Pompeo is preparing a “flood” of sanctions in an attempt to ensure the Biden administration would have many more hurdles if it hopes to…
Turkey Says ‘No Change In US Relationship’ If Biden Wins As Sanctions Threat Looms
From nearly the start of the Trump presidency, US relations with Turkey have spiraled downward over everything from Syria policy (given Turkey’s hatred for the Kurds backed by the US), to the prior detention of Pastor Andrew Brunson, to Ankara’s purchase of the Russian S-400 defense system, to Turkey’s being kicked out of the F-35…