“ Options for US energy sanctions against Russia have been “lying in place” for a long time in three options, from the strongest to the mildest, and President Donald Trump this week chose the “middle” of them. Source: “European Truth” with reference to the publication of The Wall Street Journal. Details: According to the publication, which communicated with unnamed officials, three options for new sanctions against the Russian Federation were developed many months ago – in case Trump decides to take tough steps. The toughest package involved large-scale economic sanctions and sanctions directly against the Russian leadership, the “medium” one targeted energy resources, and the softer one involved more limited measures. In the end, Trump chose the “medium” version with sanctions against the companies “Rosneft”, “Lukoil” and their subsidiaries. According to one of the interlocutors, on Wednesday, October 22, the US president met with the Minister of Finance Scott Bessent and said to prepare sanctions against Russian oil. Next, he asked the opinion of his top councilors regarding the chosen decision. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth agreed with him. The interlocutors say that Trump finally “ran out of patience” not to see any steps towards peace negotiations on the part of the head of the Kremlin, instead of seeing again and again footage of the destruction in Ukraine as a result of Russian strikes. Although Trump has not commented on them publicly, it has annoyed him, administration officials say. Anger began to build when Donald Trump managed to secure an agreement between Israel and Hamas, while Putin continued to stick to his maximalist demands. As you know, after the announcement of the sanctions, Donald Trump publicly commented that he “felt that the time had come for this” because his conversations with Putin were “ending in nothing”. The Trump administration believes that the chosen sanctions can significantly affect the financial situation of Russia, which already has considerable economic difficulties and derives its main profits from the sale of energy carriers. Following the announcement of the sanctions, Indian refiners have reportedly begun scrutinizing their suppliers, and some Chinese companies have at least temporarily paused purchases of Russian oil. There has been no indication yet from Trump whether he is considering new sanctions if the move fails to bring Russia to the negotiating table.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European truth” with reference to the publication of The Wall Street Journal
Details: According to the publication, which spoke to unnamed officials, three options for new sanctions against the Russian Federation were developed many months ago – in case Trump decides to take tough steps.
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The toughest package involved large-scale economic sanctions and sanctions directly against the Russian leadership, the “medium” one targeted energy resources, and the softer one involved more limited measures. In the end, Trump chose the “medium” version with sanctions against the companies “Rosneft”, “Lukoil” and their subsidiaries.
According to one of the interlocutors, on Wednesday, October 22, the US president met with the Minister of Finance Scott Bessent and said to prepare sanctions against Russian oil. Next, he asked the opinion of his top councilors regarding the chosen decision. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth agreed with him.
The interlocutors say that Trump finally “ran out of patience” not to see any steps towards peace negotiations on the part of the head of the Kremlin, instead of seeing again and again footage of the destruction in Ukraine as a result of Russian strikes.
Although Trump has not commented on them publicly, it has annoyed him, administration officials say. Anger began to build when Donald Trump managed to secure an agreement between Israel and Hamas, while Putin continued to stick to his maximalist demands.
As you know, after the announcement of the sanctions, Donald Trump publicly commented that he “felt that the time had come for this” because his conversations with Putin were “ending in nothing”.
The Trump administration believes that the chosen sanctions can significantly affect the financial situation of Russia, which already has considerable economic difficulties and derives its main profits from the sale of energy carriers. After the announcement of sanctions Indian refineriesas reported, began to check their suppliers, and some Chinese companies at least temporarily put the purchase of Russian oil on hold.
There has been no indication yet from Trump whether he is considering new sanctions if the move fails to bring Russia to the negotiating table.