How Venezuela’s Autocrat Uses Crypto to Fight Trump’s Sanctions

President Nicolás Maduro’s opponents hope a new period of economic pain will finally topple his government. He is using cryptocurrency to hold on.

Russia furious as Trump sanctions target the heart of Putin's war economy

Days after canceling a planned summit with Putin, citing a lack of progress toward ending the war in Ukraine, Trump took a major step by effectively blacklisting Rosneft and Lukoil.

US could hit Russia with more sanctions over Ukraine war, but also wants Europe to increase pressure

U.S. officials also told European counterparts that they support the EU using frozen Russian assets to buy U.S. weapons for Kyiv.

A bad week for Hungary’s strongman leader as Trump-Putin summit scrapped and US sanctions Russia

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was delighted to learn last week that Russia and the United States had chosen his country as the venue for another summit on ending the war in Ukraine.

FIA reinstated Russian official facing US, UK sanctions to World Motor Sport Council

A Russian official who remains subject to sanctions from the United States and the United Kingdom was reinstated to the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council earlier this year.

US sanctions not aimed at harming Colombian people, economy, says Rubio

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that the U.S. does not want to harm Colombia’s people and its economy with sanctions imposed on President Gustavo Petro.

Senior Russian envoy arrives in US days after oil sanctions imposed

Kirill Dmitriev, a close Putin ally, says trip was scheduled before Treasury slapped restrictions on Rosneft and Lukoil

EU levels more sanctions on Russia after U.S. move, shores up plans to defend against drones

The European Union has agreed on a new raft of sanctions against Russia targeting its shadow fleet of oil tankers and banning its imports of liquefied natural gas, while EU leaders on Thursday also en
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