sanctions policy
Donald Trump issues breaking statement on weapons supplies to Ukraine and imposing sanctions against Russia. Seventeen Patriot systems are being prepared for delivery to Ukraine. The United States and NATO will continue supplying weapons to Ukraine, with the financial burden falling on European countries, while America will handle production, Trump said. The U.S. will impose secondary tariffs – potentially as […]
The U.S. Congress has intensified discussions on a sanctions bill proposed by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, which envisions unprecedented pressure measures on Russia, including 500% tariffs and the blocking of key banks. The bill could be put to a vote before the August recess, but if delayed, not earlier than September. According to reports, the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025 […]
Unprecedented historic losses on Russia as a result of sanctions. Information on Russia’s current losses due to sanctions (as of July 5, 2025). 1. Russia is depleting its last reserves: the National Wealth Fund (NWF) has enough foreign currency left for just over a year Amid a sharp drop in oil and gas revenues, Russia’s budget is buckling: in June, […]
Ukraine will initiate relevant sanctions against the countries that purchase the most Russian oil, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha announced. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine, Speaking at the Fair Play conference dedicated to the imposition of additional sanctions against the Russian Federation, Sybiha emphasized that Ukraine is closely monitoring the increase in trade turnover between certain countries – particularly […]
A German tanker with the Siberian name ALTAI is trying to export oil from russian city Novorossiysk under the cover of GPS spoofing. Do you know what electronic warfare (EW) and GPS spoofing are? Andrii Klymenko reveals. No, you don’t know what they are. I thought I knew too… But in Romania and Germany, there are people who understand and […]
In the fourth year of the Great War in Europe, we still see russian oil tankers, direct crude oil tanker shipments from Russia to EU ports, in violation of the embargo imposed on December 5, 2022. This may indicate either a lack of control, document forgery, or something else entirely. In April 2025, we recorded 10 direct crude oil tanker […]
Canada begins confiscation of Russian An-124 aircraft to transfer it to Ukraine. Ukraine’s Minister of Justice OlJustin Trudeauna has announced that Canada has begun confiscating the Russian An-124 “Ruslan” cargo plane, which belongs to the Volga-Dnepr airline and has been under arrest in Toronto since June 2023. This step sets an important precedent for using frozen Russian assets to help […]
The Americans (and unfortunately, very respectable ones) are starting to boast about how effective their sanctions are against the so-called “shadow fleet” (which they themselves invented so nothing changes in the market for their petrol stations). But there’s one problem – Ukrainian researchers, who (for some reason) see a completely different picture. Andrii Klymenko reveals. So, Western researchers have noticed […]
1. The positive side. It seems to be part of Trump’s negotiation strategy — either you agree to some form of peace deal, or the promised 500% tariffs (proposed by Lindsey Graham) will be imposed on all goods from countries that purchase Russian oil. Formally, a similar logic was applied to Canada and Mexico. 2. The negative side. The U.S. […]
Did everyone read that Russia has been significantly reducing its maritime oil exports lately? With references to well-known Western agencies and analytical centers? – This is not entirely true, unfortunately. Andrii Klymenko investigates. The facts from our monitoring results show the following: Exports of Russian crude oil from Black Sea ports over the past 4 months of 2024 were as […]
What could be the new EU and US sanctions policy against Russia – Ukrainian expert Andriy Klymenko’s opinion. Since the new sanctions packages by our allies will be announced shortly, let’s conduct an experiment, by comparing them to the vision of the Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute for Strategic Studies . Here is the essence. Detailed explanations for […]