US Treasury explains how G7 will target Russian oil

The G7’s upcoming anti-Russia sanctions will target oil and petrochemicals in three phases, senior US Treasury official Ben Harris told the Argus European Crude Conference in Geneva on Tuesday. According to Harris, as cited by Reuters, the sanctions will tackle Russian crude oil, then focus on diesel, and finally lower value products such as naphtha.…

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CIA weighs in on alleged Russian nuclear threat

US intelligence agencies don’t see “practical evidence” that Moscow is getting ready to use nukes, agency’s Director William Burns outlined The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) does not believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently preparing to deploy nuclear weapons in Ukraine, its chief William Burns said in an interview on Sunday.

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Russian MP Maria Butina: Angela Davis, please bring hope to these times of darkness

Dear Professor Davis, Dear Angela, My name is Maria Butina, I am a member of the Russian parliament. However, I am writing this open letter to you not as a state official, not even as a Russian citizen.

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