🇪🇺 EU | 🇷🇺 RUSSIA
🔴 EU Struggles to Cut Russian Gas Ties
🔸 Roadmap to end Russian gas imports coming, but existing contracts hinder moves without sanctions.
🔸 Russia still supplies 19% of EU gas; "take-or-pay" deals require payment even without delivery.
🔸 Legal exit via “force majeure” unlikely; Hungary & Slovakia oppose new sanctions.
« Avec les bombardements presque quotidiens d’Israël, le délabrement intérieur, les ingérences de la Turquie, sans parler de son propre fractionnement, le nouveau pouvoir syrien fait face à de terribles défis, dont le moindre n’est pas les relations entre les différentes communautés que Tel-Aviv essaie d’aviver au nom de la défense des Druzes. Dans ce contexte, le maintien des #sanctions contribue à la déstabilisation. »
https://orientxxi.info/magazine/syrie-une-absence-d-aide-qui-accroit-le-chaos,8196
Monday, May 5, 2025
Ukraine reportedly attacks Russian Strela electromechanical plant in Bryansk Oblast — US to send refurbished Patriot air defense system from Israel to Ukraine — Czech initiative to deliver up to 1.8 million shells to Ukraine in 2025 — [vblog] Tortured journalist and Russia’s intensified assaults: Ukraine This Week … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/monday-may-5-2025/
From President Zelenskyy Three things 👇are needed:
√ More #sanctions against russia
√ continued support for #Ukraine
√ Significant increase in defense cooperation across #Europe
NEW!! #Zelenskyy says #ceasefire with russia 'possible' any moment with increased pressure on #Moscow
Three things 👇are needed, he says
√ More #sanctions against #russia
√ continued support for #Ukraine
√ Significant increase in defense cooperation across #Europe
🇺🇸 US | 🇷🇺 RUSSIA
🔴 US Drafts Sanctions on Russian Energy & Banks
🔸 New sanctions target Gazprom & banking sector to pressure Moscow toward Trump’s peace plan.
🔸 Package completed, awaiting Trump’s decision.
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Massive drone attack reportedly targets Russian military sites in occupied Crimea — [vlog] One night with 3rd Assault Brigade medics in a new age of war — Belgium’s Euroclear to redistribute $3.4 billion from frozen Russian assets — Azerbaijani lawmaker blames Russia for February cyberattack … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/saturday-may-3-2025/
New U.S. #sanctions against #Russia await #Trump’s approval https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRjn2MKMRs4&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
News of a new batch of Russian #sanctions coming from both the #US and #EU hitting #Russian markets this morning.
U.S. officials have finalized new economic sanctions against Russia, including banking and energy measures, to intensify pressure on Moscow to embrace U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to end its war on Ukraine, according to three U.S. officials and a source familiar with the issue. #us #usa #news #minimarketonlineltd #minimarket #America #AmericaNews #AmericaFirst #SaveAmerica #trump #donaldtrump #russia #UkraineWar #Ukraina #GoodbyeAmerica #sanctions
U.S. officials have finalized new economic sanctions against Russia, including banking and energy measures, to intensify pressure on Moscow to embrace U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to end its war on Ukraine, according to three U.S. officials and a source familiar with the issue. #us #usa #news #minimarketonlineltd #minimarket #America #AmericaNews #AmericaFirst #SaveAmerica #trump #donaldtrump #russia #UkraineWar #Ukraina #GoodbyeAmerica #sanctions
Marie Antoinette & Sanctions
TIME
October 14, 1935
https://time.com/archive/6754362/italy-marie-antoinette-sanctions/
🇺🇸 US | 🇷🇺 RUSSIA | 🇺🇦 UKRAINE
🔴 Trump Team Drafts Pressure Plan on Russia
🔸 Options prepared to escalate economic pressure if Putin rejects peace.
🔸 Measures may target Russian banks & include secondary sanctions.
🔸 Lindsey Graham pushes bill with 72 senators for crushing sanctions & 500% tariffs on Russian oil buyers.
🔸 Trump hasn’t made final decision; diplomacy ongoing.
For a closer look at Wagner's expanding footprint across the continent, FRANCE 24's Oliver Farry welcomes journalist Lou Osborne, a member of the "All Eyes on Wagner" investigative team.#Europe #gold #minerals #Russia #VladimirPutin #Africa #sanctions #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24guest (3/3)
Wagner: Russian Goldmining in ...
Friday, May 2, 2025
Ukraine destroys 83,000 Russian targets using drones in April, Syrskyi says, up 8% on March — Delayed cluster munitions explode in Kyiv after Russian drone attack — Trump’s peace effort ignores thousands of Ukrainians still tortured in Russian captivity — Russia, North Korea building bridge to create ‘road of friendship’ — and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/friday-may-2-2025/
🇪🇺 EU | 🇷🇺 RUSSIA
🔴 EU to Compensate Investors Using Frozen Russian Assets
🔸 Euroclear to redistribute €3B from frozen Russian assets to Western investors.
🔸 Seen as retaliation for Russia's asset seizures from EU investors.
🔸 €200B+ in Russian central bank reserves remain untouched.
🔸 Euroclear holds \~€180B of the frozen funds.
Trump threatens sanctions on countries, individuals that buy Iranian oil
Trump's social media threat came after planned nuclear negotiations for this coming weekend between the U.S. and Iran were postponed.
#politics #trade #sanctions #Iran #US #USNews
https://globalnews.ca/news/11159776/trump-iran-oil-sanctions-threat/
Trump threatens sanctions on countries, individuals that buy Iranian oil
Trump's social media threat came after planned nuclear negotiations for this coming weekend between the U.S. and Iran were postponed.
#politics #trade #sanctions #Iran #US #USNews
https://globalnews.ca/news/11159776/trump-iran-oil-sanctions-threat/
Trump threatens sanctions on countries, individuals that buy Iranian oil
Trump's social media threat came after planned nuclear negotiations for this coming weekend between the U.S. and Iran were postponed.
#politics #trade #sanctions #Iran #US #USNews
https://globalnews.ca/news/11159776/trump-iran-oil-sanctions-threat/
