New US sanctions for Russia on war anniversary

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By Antoinette Radford and Sam Cabral
BBC News

The US has marked a year since Russia invaded Ukraine by announcing a new range of sanctions against Russia and new military aid for Ukraine.

 

The latest restrictions target more than 100 entities both within Russia and worldwide, including banks and suppliers of defence equipment.

 

Specifically, the US said it wants to stop those helping Russia exploit loopholes to get sanctioned materials. The White House's fresh round of aid for Ukraine is worth $2bn (£1.7bn).

 

Full story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64756425

 

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[vandeventer]

If the powers to be in the USA had any brains they would have been producing a lot more oil and gas to keep the prices down. Russia is very happy with the high oil price as it lets them buy much more weapons to fight the Ukraine people.

[candide]

35 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

If the powers to be in the USA had any brains they would have been producing a lot more oil and gas to keep the prices down. Russia is very happy with the high oil price as it lets them buy much more weapons to fight the Ukraine people.

I guess some people will never be happy.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-poised-become-net-exporter-crude-oil-2023-2022-12-19/

[Dan747]

The last Sanctions did not work, so what now??

[NextG]

5 minutes ago, Dan747 said:

The last Sanctions did not work, so what now??

Is that what you think, little one?

[vandeventer]

31 minutes ago, candide said:

I guess some people will never be happy.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-poised-become-net-exporter-crude-oil-2023-2022-12-19/

Too bad a lot went to China.

[candide]

35 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

Too bad a lot went to China.

There is no law forbidding to sell to China, or forbidding brokers to resell to China (which is what happened).

On top of it, it's a global market so China did not get any favour. They paid the global market price and would have bought from another supplier at the same price anyway.

 

BTW, what means "A lot"? Which % of oil exports went to China in 2022?