Posts Tagged ‘sanctions’

Russia Set to Outpace All Advanced Economies – Sanctions FAILED

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Russia Is Struggling To Repair Refineries Due To Sanctions

By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Due to the sanctions, Russia cannot access spare parts from Western engineering companies that have provided refinery equipment in the past, leaving Russian refiners struggling to repair damaged units, multiple industry sources in Russia have told Reuters. Western firms including America’s UOP and Swiss ABB have supplied parts and equipment to […]

India Suspends Venezuela Oil Purchases Fearing U.S. Sanctions Return, Stops Accepting Russian Oil Tankers

India Suspends Venezuela Oil Purchases Fearing U.S. Sanctions Return, Stops Accepting Russian Oil Tankers Is India starting to get cold feet about breaching US sanctions? On Tuesday, Indian state and private refiners suspended purchases of crude from Venezuela as the U.S. sanctions waiver on Venezuela’s oil exports expires on April 18 and could lead to […]

India’s Oil Supply From Russia Threatened by New US Sanctions

By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Indian refiners are concerned that the latest U.S. sanctions against Russia could further impact their ability to import cheap Russian crude as freight rates are set to rise and dent refining margins, industry sources in India have told Reuters. The U.S. levied new sanctions against Russia last week, on the second anniversary of […]

Major European Banks At Center Of Complex Iran Sanctions Evasion Scandal

Major European Banks At Center Of Complex Iran Sanctions Evasion Scandal Ever since Obama’s very short-lived nuclear deal with Iran was scrapped by the subsequent Trump administration, Tehran has ramped up its efforts at sanctions evasion, which has especially relied on a fleet of ‘ghost tankers’ sailing primarily to China. But the story of the […]

Britain Has Insured Over $120 Billion Worth Of Russian Oil…Despite Sanctions

Britain has reportedly insured around a third of all Russian seaborne oil shipments since the start of the Ukraine conflict, despite global sanctions. According to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and […] The post Britain Has Insured Over $120 Billion Worth Of Russian Oil…Despite Sanctions appeared first on The People's Voice. […]

Biden extends SANCTIONS WAIVER for Iran, giving Tehran access to $10 billion in frozen funds

Biden extends SANCTIONS WAIVER for Iran, giving Tehran access to $10 billion in frozen funds The administration of President Joe Biden has extended a sanctions waiver on Iran, granting the Islamic Republic access to approximately $10 billion in funds held in escrow accounts from Iraq in exchange for electricity guarantees for Baghdad. According to the […]

Belgian deputy prime minister calls for SANCTIONS against Israel for its indiscriminate BOMBING of civilians in Gaza

Belgian deputy prime minister calls for SANCTIONS against Israel for its indiscriminate BOMBING of civilians in Gaza Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Petra De Sutter has called for sanctions against Israel for the country’s indiscriminate bombing campaign in Gaza. In an interview with the Flemish newspaper Het Nieuwsblad on Nov. 8, De Sutter said the European Union […]

Iran’s supreme leader calls for SANCTIONS against Israel, demands halt to Gaza bombing

(NaturalNews) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei has issued a call to action for Muslim nations, urging them to halt the export of oil and food to Israel… Source

DeSantis, Scott vow sanctions on colleges, students over Hamas support

GOP candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday said he would revoke student visas of Hamas sympathizers if elected to the White House in 2024. “You see students demonstrating in our country in favor of Hamas,” DeSantis said during a campaign stop in Iowa. “Remember, some of them are foreigners.” The governor said if… […]

Biden Lifts Sanctions On Venezuela Dictator Maduro In Exchange For Oil

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Russia has almost fully bypassed Western sanctions on oil exports

(NaturalNews) Western sanctions against Russian oil exports have proven to be unsuccessful as Moscow continues finding ways to completely bypass them.Revenue… Source

US sanctions former minister, 2 companies for undermining stability in Sudan

The US Treasury Department sanctioned former Sudanese Foreign Minister, Ali Karti, and two companies Thursday for their roles in undermining that country’s peace, security and stability, Anadolu Agency reports. Karti served in the government of ousted President Omar Al-Bashir. The GSK Advance Company Ltd (GSK), a Sudan-based information technology and security company run by influential […]

China calls for lifting ‘unlawful, unilateral’ sanctions against Syria

22 Sep 2023  Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen English A joint statement issued by Beijing and Damascus says both sides are vehemently opposed to all kinds of hegemony and power politics. China has urged on Friday relevant nations to swiftly eliminate all “unlawful and unilateral” sanctions imposed against Syria, state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reported, citing a […]

Biden sanctions Iran former President Ahmadinejad after prisoner swap

Fresh off a prisoner swap between Washington and Tehran, US President Joe Biden announced, on Monday, new sanctions against a former Iranian president and the country’s Intelligence Ministry, Anadolu Agency reports. Today, we are sanctioning former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence under the Levinson Act for their involvement in wrongful detentions […]

ANC on G77 Summit: Resounding win for Cuba to end blockade, sanctions

 September 15, 2023 Source: Al Mayadeen By Al Mayadeen English Explore in detail the remarks made by the Arab intellectuals of the Arab National Congress ahead of the G77+China Summit to be held in Havana, Cuba. The Arab National Congress (ANC) sees the G77+China Summit held in Cuba as a confirmation of the world’s transition […]

What Sanctions? Germany Admits Buying Large Quantities of Russian Oil Through India

European nations continue to find ways to get around their own sanctions on Russian energy imposed in the wake of Moscow’s invasion. Source

Chinese Imports Of Iran Oil Soar To Near Record In Clear Breach Of US Sanctions

Chinese Imports Of Iran Oil Soar To Near Record In Clear Breach Of US Sanctions Less than a month ago, we reported that according to Kpler estimates, China was expected to import as much as 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil from Iran in August, the most since at least 2013. On […]

Iran’s adherence to nuclear deal entails complete sanctions removal 

In a note, Shargh addressed the new report that Rafael Grossi is going to publish on Iran’s nuclear program. Source

Cracks, loopholes and blindspots: What are the West’s Russia sanctions missing?

Some conspicuous absences exist in the West’s sanctions regime against Russia, allowing it to contine raking in a fortune. Source

Canada slaps fresh sanctions on Iran

TEHRAN- Canada has slapped new sanctions on Iran, accusing it of destabilizing the region and backing Russia’s conflict in Ukraine, and also targeting the drone and aviation sectors of the nation. Source

Iraq-Iran gas-for-oil barter would likely violate US sanctions

A barter of Iranian natural gas for Iraqi oil as described by the Iraqi Prime Minister this week would likely violate US sanctions on Tehran unless the US issued a waiver permitting it, three former US officials said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, on Tuesday, said Iraq would begin trading crude oil for Iranian gas to […]

Russian Oil Price At Key Port About To Breach Sanctions Cap, Would Lead To Sharp Drop In Supply

The reason why oil traded above $100 for much of 2022, is due to fears that it would be effectively withdrawn from global markets as a result of Western sanctions, slashing global oil supply by millions of barrels every day. While that did not pan out in the past year, with every passing day we […]

Are Sanctions War? – Questions For Corbett

Rexleo says: I appreciate your more nuanced approach to this topic and have given up on “Duck”, I don’t debate those who argue against individual freedoms or equality. If you reproduce you look at the world differently then if you don’t, bused just on that fact. So, you can divide people along this one line, […]

Biden Wants Sanctions for Uganda Because Its Government Passed Anti-LGBT Laws

    In an excellent display of how US foreign policy can be used as a means of pandering to domestic interest groups, the Biden administration has threatened to impose sanctions on Uganda as punishment for that regime’s adoption of new laws criminalizing some types of homosexual behavior. While it is abundantly clear that this […]

Sanctions Are War By Other Means

Imposing sanctions on a country is a way of waging war against that country. It’s not just that economic embargoes can cripple nations’ economies nor that they tend to disproportionately affect innocent civilians. No, the reality is even more stark than that: sanctions kill. Don’t believe me? Let’s look at some of the examples of […]

U.S. SANCTIONS TURKISH ENTITIES FOR AIDING RUSSIAN WAR EFFORT

The United States and United Kingdom imposed sanctions Wednesday on three Turkish targets as part of the West’s continued effort to “cut off more of the international assets and finance channels still connecting Moscow’s economy to global trade and finance.” On April 12, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned two Turkish companies and two associated targets. The… […]

China Sanctions Reagan Library, Other Organizations After Taiwan Leader’s Visit

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), on Wednesday, joined a growing series of foreign legislators who have met Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. Source

Washington unveils new Bull S#it Iran sanctions

The United States, a NON “government” International Corporation guilty of illegal invasions and war crimes all over the world for generations and which has been stealing funds from struggling American workers to send Trillions of dollars of weapons of mass destruction to Ukraine to kill Russians with has announced another round of sanctions on Iran, […]

Syrian sanctions relief: An ‘American trick’

March 14 2023 Photo Credit: The Cradle The temporary lifting of Washington’s sanctions on earthquake-stricken and war-torn Syria is ‘misleading’ at best, and stands in the way of relief efforts. By The Cradle’s Syria Correspondent Four days after the devastating earthquake that struck southern Turkiye and northern Syria on 6 February, the US announced it would […]

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