and its closest allies, which have already been strained by Trump’s position on Russia’s war in Ukraine. It also meant that Rubio, on his first official trip to Canada and his first to a G7 event, was likely
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In a global context, the United States is being forced to admit that it has failed to unconditionally rally its allies against Russia, which maintains alliances around the world that are important to Moscow and costly to the West. It has also failed to ensure total economic sanctions, which ...
Rubio said his goal was not to antagonize Russia as it considers the cease-fire proposal “by issuing statements that are abrasive in any way.” He noted that all of the sanctions against Russia remain in place but that new threats of action could be counter...
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday delivered Russia's long-awaited response to a Western price cap, signing a decree that bans the supply of oil and oil products to nations participating in the cap from February 1 for five months. The Group of Seven major powers, the European ...
challenges like cybersecurity and climate change are emerging one after another, and a certain country, in order to maintain its unipolar hegemony, is rallying allies for unilateral sanctions, erecting protectionist walls, and weaponizing economic and financial measures. In addition, the North-South ...
went on to boycott the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, driving participation numbers down to their lowest in decades. The Soviet Union, along with a handful of allies, retaliated in 1984 by boycotting the games in Los Angeles, but participation from other nations that year was so high that it set...
EU and allies agree to cut Russia from SWIFT It will also mean a delay in payments for Russia's oil and gas exports. Reid Whitten, sanctions expert and managing partner of law firm Sheppard Mullin, told Sky News that the banks blocked from SWIFT are the same ...
That said, crisis begets change, giving birth to hopes. Most of the developing countries have acted with greater purpose in standing together in solidarity and strengthening mutual cooperation, and they have responded to the ma...
"That is why additional sanctions are necessary," he added. Andriy Yermak (left) meets Marco Rubio (right) in WashingtonReuters 1 hour ago1h ago22:45 'How can we negotiate?': Putin accuses Ukraine of 'terror attacks' We're hearing more out of Rus...