“It is noted that the first and most obvious step that the Trump administration can take is to ensure that the last package of sanctions can be fully observed.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
It is noted that the first and most obvious step that the Trump administration can take is to ensure that the last package of sanctions can be fully observed.
Trump can even more “twist the nuts” Moscow / UNIAN collage, photo ReutersThe sanctions of the event against Russia are already unprecedented, but the new US President Donald Trump administration can still do a lot to “twist the nuts” more strongly, writes the American magazine Foreign Policy.“I think Bayden administration had to be more aggressive about Russian energy before. The caution they showed was the same as for military equipment. From a strategic point of view, the delay in wider energy sanctions was similar to delayed weapons supply,” he said, “he said Former high -ranking US sanctions official, an employee of the Center for Global Energy Policy at Columbia University Edward Fishman.
As the article emphasizes, the first and most obvious step that the Trump administration can take is to ensure that the last stake of sanctions, including the designation of more than 180 tankers from the so -called “shadow fleet” of Russia.
Another way is to use the US Secondary Sanctions to punish buyers and intermediaries of Russian oil who do not meet the price limit, writes the magazine.
“It would require threats to banks, oil refineries, or even ports in countries such as China and India that buy most of Russian oil,” the Foreign Policy explained.
As an alternative to such a restriction, the Trump administration could still extend sanctions against tankers, suggested in the publication.
The publication reminded that Europe already considers its own sanctioning of another 70 shadow tankers as part of the future of the 16th package of sanctions against Russia.
“All these options follow the same generally recognized self -limiting scheme that was guided by Biden’s administration in recent years: the purpose was to reduce income from Russian oil, not to physical withdrawal But it would be a serious restraining factor for growth worldwide, ”the article said.
It was in this connection in his message at the World Economic Forum in Davos Trump that OPEC has urged OPEC members to increase production in order to collapse oil prices, which would be a faster and less subtle way to guarantee the Reduction of the Kremlin’s income.
As a result, doubts about where to find additional remaining barrels of remaining are the latest and most powerful sanctions left in the United States so difficult to use. It is emphasized that the United States made a small but important step in this direction early this month, imposing blocking sanctions against two small Russian companies, but has not yet affected the largest companies.
“Baiden’s administration laid the basis for sanctions against Gazprom of Oil and Surgutnaftogas, but not against Rosneft, Lukoil, Gazprom or Novatek,” Fishman said.
He added that, forbidding dollars with these companies, sanctions “will significantly complicate oil and gas, and this is the strongest option.”
US sanctions against Russia is relevantEarlier, UNIAN wrote that on January 10, the United States introduced a large -scale package of sanctions against Russia. It was reported that this package covers more than 400 individuals and organizations of the energy sector of the Russian Federation, which directly or indirectly provide funding for the Russian military machine.
At the same time, special emphasis in sanctions is placed on the “shadow navy” of the Russian Federation – restrictions should prevent Russia from avoiding “price ceilings” for oil introduced by the G7 countries.
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