Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) looks at U.S. President Donald Trump during the welcoming ceremony prior to the G20 Summit’s Plenary Meeting on November 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to impose “high levels” of sanctions on Russia and tariffs on imports from there […]
The US has issued sanctions on organizations in Russia and Iran for attempting to interfere with the 2024 presidential election. The Treasury Department said on Tuesday that the groups tried to “stoke socio-political tensions” and influence voters. One group, the Moscow-based Center for Geopolitical Expertise, has ties to Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), and built […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Russian smugglers are charging tens of thousands of euros to import luxury cars from Europe, as EU sanctions in response to Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hit the country’s wealthy. The Financial Times has identified […]
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The US has imposed sanctions on Georgia’s former prime minister and billionaire founder of the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Ivanishvili and his party had “derailed Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic future”, leaving it vulnerable to Russia. Ivanishvilli is not an elected official but he has been described as the “honorary […]
Reuters Ursa Major was seen listing heavily on Monday afternoon before sinking overnight A Russian cargo ship, Ursa Major, has sunk in the Mediterranean between Spain and Algeria after an explosion in the engine room, Russia’s foreign ministry has confirmed. It said 14 members of the crew had been rescued and taken to the Spanish […]
Ahmed al-Shara urged nations to remove sanctions from Syria and the terrorism designation from his group so Syria could rebuild. Bashar al-Assad also gave his first account of fleeing to Russia.
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After a shock offensive by rebels brought an end to Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Syria is at a crossroads. Rebuilding Syria from the ashes of the devastating civil war is sure to be a long road. For Syrians looking to offer their compatriots relief and begin to reconstruct a new Syria, however, cash is in short […]
The largely symbolic move is in response to the Biden administration’s latest arms sales to Taiwan, the island democracy that China considers its own.
