The Aporia
The Aporia
16 articles about 14 events for “Russia Us Sanctions Deal” from The Guardian.
“The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Sunday evening that Russian strikes hit Ukrainian energy facilities despite the US president having claimed both sides had agreed to stop hitting each other’s energy infrastructure.”
“Ukrainian negotiators had been meeting in Florida with their American counterparts, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, when Trump announced the US was lifting sanctions on Russian diesel.”
“Donald Trump’s deal with Vladimir Putin to temporarily lift sanctions on US imports of Russian diesel will have little “meaningful” impact for motorists and businesses in the US and overseas, energy and foreign policy analysts have predicted.”
“…sh collision course with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European allies on Friday after a stunning agreement to buy Russian diesel, upending years of US and western pressure on the Kremlin to end its four-and-a-half year war against…”
“His propensity to behave like a private client of the Putin regime can still shock, even if it no longer surprises, as with the sanctions-busting deal he struck last week to import billions of dollars of Russian diesel.”
“On Friday the US president announced a deal with Vladimir Putin to import diesel from Russia, dropping previous US sanctions.”
“Then he announced a deal with Russia to buy diesel.”
“Britain stands behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the defence secretary has said, after Donald Trump called for the Ukrainian president to be replaced and the US announced a controversial agreement to buy Russian diesel.”
“And in 2016 it struck a deal with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Department of Justice to pay $519m to settle civil and criminal charges involving its bribery of government officials in Russia, Ukraine and Mexico.”
“Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an account of five years of Russian aggression: the staggering loss of life – hundreds of thousands killed on both sides – the porousness of the sanctions on Russia, the “madness” of it all.”
“EU deadlocked over plans to remove two Russian billionaires from sanctions list Jennifer Rankin in Brussels The EU is deadlocked over a plan to remove two Russian billionaires, Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, from its sanctions list as part of a bitterly…”
“President Donald Trump has said he is working on a “massive” deal to buy fertiliser from Belarus, pivoting away from main supplier Canada amid an escalating trade dispute, and moving instead toward an ally of Russia.”
“…ear, that would give Donald Trump broad authority to tariff Russia and its trading partners will be put forward for a vote this week in a high-stakes legislative battle that could provide new sanctioning authority to the US president at a crucial moment in…”
“…o' talks with Iran, insists that countries should reimburse US for oil arriving through strait of Hormuz On Truth Social, Donald Trump also claimed that Iran wants to make a deal “quickly and badly”, and that while the US president will “determine” whether to…”
“Trump’s method has been consistent since he leveraged a mineral resource deal out of Ukraine in April 2025 at a weak point in its conflict with Russia.”
“US treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced that the US has begun an “unprecedented” sanctions campaign against Iran “and its enablers”.”