Posts Tagged ‘sanctions’

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 Views: 0

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 Views: 0

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The reason why oil traded above $100 for much of 2022, is due to fears that it would be effectively withdrawn from global markets as a result of Western sanctions, slashing global oil supply by millions of barrels every day.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 Views: 0

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 […]

US Imposes Sanctions on 39 Entities Aiding Iranian Trade

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinkin announced that his department is imposing sanctions against 39 entities believed to be assisting Iranian clients in illegally engaging in trade. The U.S. State Department’s March 9 announcement outlined sanctions against dozens of “shadow banking” entities spread across several countries that would be subjected to the sanctions due to […]

US Sanctions Russian Officials Over Dissident’s Detention

WASHINGTON—The United Stats has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on five Russian officials and an expert witness involved in the incarceration of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition leader who has been imprisoned in Moscow since April for speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He faces more than 30 years in prison. Treasury sanctioned Elena […]

Switzerland eases Syria sanctions in response to earthquake

The Swiss government announced on Friday that it would ease the sanctions imposed on Syria since 2011 to support the work of humanitarian organisations providing assistance to the population affected by the earthquake. In a press release, it announced that on 3 March, 2023: "The Federal Council relaxed some of its sanctions against Syria, with […]

Sanctions are an instrument of death, destruction and global rift

Let me cut to the chase, sanctions can end up being more harmful than your average war: they can involve many more countries than two parties to an armed conflict; cause more human suffering and last much longer; inflict more widespread economic loss, impede economic and human recovery; leave more hatred in their wake; and […]

Sanctions are an instrument of death, destruction and global rift

Let me cut to the chase, sanctions can end up being more harmful than your average war: they can involve many more countries than two parties to an armed conflict; cause more human suffering and last much longer; inflict more widespread economic loss, impede economic and human recovery; leave more hatred in their wake; and […]

Sanctions against Russia dubbed ‘poison’ for EU

28 Feb, 2023  The bloc’s new restrictions only increase its dependence on direct competitors, according to Moscow Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova ©  Sputnik / Russian Foreign Ministry EU sanctions against Russia are missing the mark and instead chipping away at the bloc’s economic independence, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday. She slammed […]

Zelenskyy Seeks More Sanctions, Argues Russia Can Be Defeated In 2023

The Ukrainian president said he wants to see more pressure on Russia’s nuclear and banking industries. Source Views: 0

Why are no sanctions imposed on the perpetrators of the Ukrainian conflict?

A year has passed since the West instigated the start of Moscow’s special military operation (SOF) to denazify the criminal Ukrainian regime. It has been a year of difficult confrontation between Russia and the West, united in its Russophobic desire to “inflict a crushing strategic defeat on Moscow,” as stated by the US, European, and […]

Syrian Tragedy and US inhuman sanctions

Unfortunately, the death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck southwest Turkey and northwest Syria continues to rise. According to the latest figures, the number of those killed in both regions has reached a staggering 36,000, more than 100,000 inhabitants were injured. An unknown number of victims are still under the rubble. The evacuation will take time […]

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