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Australia imposes new sanctions on Russia

Australia has introduced a new round of sanctions against Russian individuals and entities, targeting 37 people and seven organizations, the country’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on June 26.

26 June 2025, 10:25 AM

Russia moves $9 billion via crypto assets

A new cryptocurrency token, A7A5, set up by fugitive Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor, is being used to circumvent international sanctions against Russia, Financial Times reported on June 25.

25 June 2025, 10:48 PM

EU hopes to adopt 18th Russia sanctions package despite Hungarian and Slovak objections

EU diplomats expect to reach an agreement on the 18th package of sanctions against Russia during this week’s European Council meeting, Reuters reported on June 24.

25 June 2025, 02:11 AM

$30 oil price cap could compel Russia to stop, Zelenskyy says

Moscow would be unable to finance its war against Ukraine or launch an attack on NATO if the West lowers the price cap on Russian oil from $60 to $30 per barrel, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on June 24.

25 June 2025, 01:28 AM

Zelenskyy, Starmer discuss Russia’s Oreshnik IRBMs

Ukraine will provide the United Kingdom with a list of companies manufacturing components for Russia’s Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM), President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on June 23.

23 June 2025, 10:25 PM

EU shelves $45 Russian oil price cap as Israel–Iran war agitates markets

European Union officials have delayed plans to lower the price cap on Russian oil from $60 to $45 per barrel amid the escalating war between Israel and Iran, Politico reported on June 20, citing multiple EU sources.

21 June 2025, 10:10 AM

Trump must force Putin to end the war, Zelenskyy tells G7

As Russia is ignoring every diplomatic overture from Ukraine and its allies, the United States must lead the West in pressuring dictator Vladimir Putin into negotiating a ceasefire, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on June 17.

18 June 2025, 12:41 AM

G7 leaders fail to convince Trump on tougher Russia sanctions

In discussions at the summit in Canada on June 16, G7 leaders could not convince U.S. President Donald Trump to adopt harsher sanctions against Russia, Bloomberg reported on June 17.

17 June 2025, 11:46 PM

Canada expands Russia sanctions, allocates billions in Ukraine aid

The Canadian government will provide Ukraine with CAD2 billion ($1.5 billion) in military aid and expand sanctions against Russia, Canadian PM Mark Carney said during a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on June 17.

17 June 2025, 08:42 PM

Russia uses medical exemptions to avoid sanctions, Lithuania says

Moscow is exploiting medical exemptions from EU sanctions to import dual-use goods, Lithuania’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gabija Grigaite-Daugirde said on June 12.

13 June 2025, 02:05 AM

Rest of G7 prepared to lower Russian oil price cap without U.S.

Most of the G7 countries are ready to lower the price cap on Russian oil exports from $60 to $45 per barrel, even if U.S. President Donald Trump opts out of the plan, Reuters reported on June 12, citing four sources familiar with the matter.

12 June 2025, 08:28 PM

Japanese firm imports Russian oil via sanctioned tanker — report

A Japanese oil refinery, Taiyo Oil Co., imported Russian crude aboard a tanker subject to U.S. and EU sanctions, Bloomberg reported on June 9, citing vessel tracking data.

10 June 2025, 02:09 AM

Kyiv calls for sanctions in response to Russia’s escalation threats

Ukraine is urging the world to respond with harsher punitive sanctions to Moscow’s threats of escalating the war even further, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on May 30.

30 May 2025, 08:31 PM

Falling oil prices triple Russia’s budget deficit

Projected Russian federal budget deficit for 2025 has more than tripled—from RUB1.17 trillion ($15 billion) to RUB3.8 trillion ($48 billion)—chiefly because of low oil prices and Western sanctions, Ukrainian presidential representative on sanctions policy Vladyslav Vlasiuk said on May 29.

29 May 2025, 11:39 PM

Germany urges EU–US unity to force peace talks with Russia

European countries have to coordinate efforts with the United States to pressure Russia into peace negotiations with Ukraine, Germany’s Foreign Ministry wrote on its official website on May 27.

28 May 2025, 11:20 AM

Bloomberg reveals what’s in the EU’s 18th sanctions package against Russia

The European Union is considering lowering the price cap on Russian oil as part of its upcoming 18th sanctions package against Russia, Bloomberg reported on May 24, citing sources familiar with the matter.

24 May 2025, 07:55 PM

Germany's DM Pistorius slams Trump's diplomacy with Russia

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius believes US President Donald Trump failed to assert his influence in negotiations with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Deutschlandfunk outlet wrote on May 21.

21 May 2025, 12:40 PM

Kremlin spokesman shrugs off threat of new Western sanctions over ceasefire refusal

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov brushed off threats of new Western sanctions on Saturday, May 10, saying Russia is no longer fazed by such measures as European and U.S. leaders ramp up pressure over Moscow’s refusal to agree to a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, Bild reported on May 10.

10 May 2025, 05:43 PM

Putin dangles three-day truce hoping to get sanctions relief, Yermak warns

The May 8-10 truce proposed by the Kremlin will not alter the course of the Russo–Ukrainian war but could help Moscow get much-needed sanction relief, head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak wrote in an opinion piece for The Guardian on April 30.

30 April 2025, 09:41 PM

Medvedev’s $100 million yacht changes name, sails to US

Universe, a 74‑meter-long yacht linked to former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, has unexpectedly been renamed Casino Royale and left Russian territorial waters, The Moscow Times reported on April 14.

14 April 2025, 11:44 PM

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