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The European Union is poised to ban Russian coal in the first sanctions on the vital energy industry over the war in Ukraine.

U.S.-based chip manufacturer Intel announced on Tuesday it has suspended business operations in Russia, becoming the latest Western corporation to distance itself from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. Intel is still doing business with Russia’s genocidal ally China, however, and was a sponsor of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The United States, United Kingdom and the European Union were set Wednesday to impose new punishing sanctions targeting Russia.

Supplies of potato chips and various types of confectionery are now under threat as a result of disrupted export caused by sanctions and the Ukraine War.

Joe Biden spoke Monday morning about Ukraine upon his return to Washington, DC, from a weekend at his home in Delaware.

A Russian government official has threatened that Russia will limit its vital food exports to only nations it considers “friendly”.

Italian inflation rose to 6.7 per cent in March as the Russian invasion of Ukraine led to a surge in energy prices, marking the highest inflation the country has seen since July of 1991.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in China on Wednesday for a meeting ostensibly focused on Afghanistan, but touted by Russian media as a landmark in the new axis of global power formed by the two authoritarian nations.

The European Union (EU) said on Wednesday that it plans to deliver an ultimatum to Chinese dictator Xi Jinping in a virtual summit on Friday that assisting the Russian invasion will be punished with sanctions.

President Joe Biden claimed last week during his trip to Europe that sanctions were “never” meant to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine.

Italy may be forced to ration gas supplies due to the country’s reliance on supplies from Russia, which could lead to businesses and households not being allowed to use air conditioning this summer. The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has

Two out of three Democrats favor strong sanctions policies against Russia, even if those policies damage their fellow Americans’ economy, according to an AP poll. 

The United Kingdom has warned Communist China it will face sanctions if they send weapons to Russia to aid in the invasion of Ukraine.

PARIS (AP) – French automaker Renault plans to pause production at its Moscow plant in an apparent move to fend off mounting criticism, breaking ranks with other major French companies that have defied pressure to keep operating in Russia after it invaded Ukraine.

BRUSSELS (AP) – President Vladimir Putin’s threat to have “unfriendly” countries pay for Russian natural gas exports only in rubles from now on got the not-so-friendly treatment from European Union nations Thursday.

The president complained that the media continued to harp on the failure of his tough sanctions to prevent Putin from escalating his war in Ukraine. 

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) argued that the most important sanctions the U.S. can impose on Russia would be getting other countries to cut off Russian energy imports by providing more

China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday celebrated the end of Chinese telecom giant ZTE’s probation in the United States as an “inspiring” victory for Chinese Communism against the American legal system, and urged more Chinese companies to take advantage of those mercurial U.S. courts to wage lawfare against American trade policy.

Vladimir Putin demanded “unfriendly” countries buy gas in rubles rather than dollars or euros in an attack against US global hegemony.

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chief of the Russian Security Council, took an apparent satirical shot at U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday by saying the United States should become a “responsible superpower,” not a “refuge for the senile.”

China’s ZTE telecom corporation announced on Wednesday that its five-year probation from a 2017 plea deal for illegally shipping American technology to Iran has ended.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) discussed the prospect of sanctions on China and stated, “we should be sanctioning them right now. We should be putting secondary sanctions on Chinese entities

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) stated that lifting sanctions on Iran under the Iran nuclear deal would give “billions of dollars of revenue to a terrorist regime” that will

Ten European Union member-states have been exposed for selling hundreds of millions of euros worth of military kit to Russia between 2015 and 2020, despite sanctions.

The White House did not immediately produce a readout of the video call between President Joe Biden and Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on Friday morning, but the Chinese Foreign Ministry produced a detailed account of the call immediately, publishing it within the hour through Chinese state media.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) – High energy costs are stoking unrest in parts of Europe, with Spain deploying more than 23,000 police officers amid a truckers’ strike Friday and farmers in France and Greece snarling traffic with their protests.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan said during a visit to Moscow on Thursday that his government looks forward to working with Russia – an outlaw state in the eyes of the U.S. and Europe – on “improving global energy security.”

PARIS (AP) – Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe will no longer be attempting this year to send its first rover to Mars, which was to have probed whether the planet ever hosted life.

Donald Trump called President Joe Biden “slow on the draw” in responding to Russian threats on Tuesday, questioning why his family received a multi-million-dollar sum from the wife of a top Russian official in response to the Kremlin announcing sanctions Tuesday on the president, son Hunter Biden, and failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Despite initial hesitancy, both the UK and EU have committed to banning the export of luxury goods to Russia.

Russia applied sanctions to Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, in addition to sanctioning President Joe Biden; his son, Hunter Biden, and several other U.S. officials and political personalities.

Russia announced sanctions Tuesday on President Joe Biden and several other prominent Americans — including Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, who is known for his international dealmaking and influence-peddling in Ukraine, China, and elsewhere.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters on Sunday Ankara “will not join the sanctions some Western countries have imposed on Russia” over its latest war with Ukraine, Russia’s state-run TASS news agency reported.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) argued that the misstep that took place with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “is that sanctions were not put in place 14 months ago that could

Russia and China on Monday both denied allegations by U.S. officials that Russia has asked China to provide military equipment to assist the invasion of Ukraine. The Biden administration issued public warnings to Beijing on Monday that it must not do anything to assist the Russian war effort or help Moscow evade international sanctions.

The Russian government on Sunday reportedly threatened foreign companies who plan to withdraw from the nation they could have their staff members arrested and assets seized, as Moscow seeks to mitigate the economic impact of sanctions.