US could hit Russia with more sanctions to end Ukraine war
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A bad week for Hungary’s strongman leader as Trump-Putin summit scrapped and US sanctions Russia
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was delighted to learn last week that Russia and the United States had chosen his country as the venue for another summit on ending the war in Ukraine.
The Treasury Department said new economic penalties will target Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as their subsidiaries.
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Pump prices could rise after US, EU hit Russian oil companies with new sanctions and oil spikes
Oil prices spiked Thursday after the U.S. announced massive new sanctions on Russia’s oil industry in an attempt to get Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and end Moscow’s brutal war on Ukraine.
The US government jolted energy markets when it sanctioned Russia’s two biggest crude oil producers on Oct. 22. All eyes are now on how the sanctions will affect the supply and price of petroleum across the world.
The cut comes as an already slowing economy braces for the impact of fresh sanctions in response to President Vladimir Putin’s continued war on Ukraine.
A Russian official who remains subject to sanctions from the United States and the United Kingdom was reinstated to the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council earlier this year.
Reliance Industries Ltd, the top Indian buyer of Russian oil, will abide by Western sanctions against Moscow while maintaining its relationship with current oil suppliers, its spokesperson said in a statement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies to the whole sector.