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US takes aim at financial institutions with new Russia sanctions authority
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The move comes as U.S. funding for Ukraine military aid is running out and the United States and its allies search for new ways to slow Russia's war effort. Washington already...
By Edward Fishman
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U.S. Treasury’s Updated Sanctions Strategy Against Russia
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Last Tuesday at the Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo laid out the Biden Administration’s updated strategy for using sancti...
By Alex Zerden
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Putin’s Wartime Bluster Obscures Russia’s Precarious Future
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Sanctions imposed by Group of Seven (G-7) countries — the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom — and the European Union are aimed at strangling P...
By Emily Kilcrease
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The U.S. has sanctioned Vladimir Putin's long-rumored romantic partner
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But at this point in the war, it's unclear how far sanctions against any one individual will go to deter Putin, says Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Iran sanctions spotlight opaque brokers and middlemen behind oil trade
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Iran is no stranger to sanctions. The county weathered the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure campaign”. Russia has even turned to Iran for lessons on coping with wester...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Is seizing the yachts & mansions of Russian oligarchs enough? No.
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Rachel Ziemba who assesses country risk at the Center for a New American Security also notes that there have been interesting moves into US-linked cryptocurrency and other liq...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Biden administration tries to cut off Chinese lifeline to Russia
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The official declined to comment on the type of military assistance Russia has requested but said the United States held “deep concerns about China’s alignment with Russia” am...
By Emily Kilcrease
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NOTEWORTHY: The New Russia Export Controls
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Emily Kilcrease, Senior Fellow and Director of the Economics, Energy, and Security program at the Center for a New American Security weighs in with expert commentary and analy...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Iranian Oil Executive Removed From U.S. Sanctions List Remains Active in Sector
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An Iranian oil executive removed from U.S. financial blacklists last month because he had resigned from Iran’s national oil company now holds senior positions with two Iranian...
By Jason Bartlett
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U.S. Slaps Wide-Ranging Sanctions on Moscow—but Stops Short of Killer Blow
The Biden administration announced a sweeping package of sanctions on Russia on Thursday, including further restrictions on Moscow’s ability to tap capital markets and fresh d...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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How Russia's Opposition Movement Wants Biden to Confront Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has so far kept his silence on President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. But other Russians have not been so circumspect. ...
By Edward Fishman
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Analysis: Trump sanctions could give Biden a bargaining chip in deal talks with Iran
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The Trump administration’s imposition of new sanctions on Iran may have been intended to forestall a new nuclear deal with Tehran if Joe Biden is elected president, but it cou...
By Peter Harrell
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U.S. Sanctions Additional Iranian Banks
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The Trump administration Thursday blacklisted 18 Iranian banks that remain unsanctioned under its economywide pressure campaign. The push weeks before the Nov. 3 U.S. presiden...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. imposes new Iran sanctions that may spook European banks
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The United States on Thursday slapped fresh sanctions on Iran’s financial sector, targeting 18 banks in an effort to further choke off Iranian revenues as Washington ramps up ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. imposes Iran sanctions, says U.N. penalties resume despite skepticism
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The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Iran’s defense ministry and others involved in its nuclear and weapons program to support the U.S. assertion that all U.N....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump steps up Iran fight in final election stretch
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President Trump is ramping up a fight with both Iran and U.S. allies with just weeks to go before the presidential election.The Trump administration insists all United Nations...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump loves sanctioning foreign countries — but he’s terrible at it
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In his four years as president, Donald Trump has responded to nearly every major foreign policy problem with the same tool: sanctions. Change the Iranian regime’s behavior? Sa...
By Edward Fishman
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What Britain’s New Sanctions Reveal About US-UK Relations
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On July 6, the U.K. did something that it had never done before: it unilaterally sanctioned dozens of individuals across the globe for human rights abuses. Acting pursuant to ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Russian Fund Behind Coronavirus Aid Shipment Is on U.S. Lending Blacklist
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A Russian state-owned fund that says it footed half the bill of a coronavirus aid shipment delivered to the U.S. on Wednesday has been on a U.S. Treasury restricted lending li...
By Peter Harrell
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Iran, Venezuela and other U.S. foes fight coronavirus amid American sanctions
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Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Islamic faction in Lebanon deemed a terrorist group by the U.S., has decades of experience fighting wars. But not the kind it launched this week. Ar...
By Peter Harrell
