Washington is seeking alternative supplies from Venezuela after banning Russian crude oil The US is willing to relax economic pressure on Venezuela, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing a senior Biden administration official. Sanctions relief could allow Caracas to increase oil exports to the country to fill the deficit left by the US embargo on Russian…
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Lisbon announced on Thursday that London’s sanctions on Roman Abramovich, who has Portuguese citizenship, do not apply in Europe, since the UK has left the European Union. In a statement seen by Reuters, the Justice Ministry of Portugal also said that EU sanctions on Russian oligarchs over Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine do not include…
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Talks between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders shouldn’t be “a meeting for the sake of meeting,” Russian FM Sergey Lavrov has said There may be a need for direct talks between Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, and the Russian president is ready to take part in such negotiations, but it would require some…
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