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US Hits Iran-Venezuela Drone Network With Sweeping Sanctions
Washington targets Tehran’s drone exports and Caracas’ military buildup, signaling a heightened focus on hemispheric security.
Dec. 31, 2025
Energy
OPINION: Ukraine’s ‘Drone Sanctions’ Are the Only Ones That Really Unnerve Putin
Instead of a year-end ranking of the most painful sanctions against Russia in 2025, let’s talk about what really hurts the Kremlin and makes Putin nervous.
Dec. 29, 2025
US
Documents Show Houston Oil Giant SLB Aiding Russian Oil Production Despite US Sanctions
Enforcing sanctions on Russia is undermined by the speed and ingenuity of those who would evade sanctions, and many companies find alternative methods for doing business with Moscow.
Dec. 29, 2025
Trump
Russia Pledges ‘Full Support’ for Venezuela Against US ‘Hostilities’
US President Donald Trump last week also announced a blockade of “sanctioned oil vessels” sailing to and from Venezuela, taking the focus off of his questioned initial drug-running narrative.
Dec. 23, 2025
Ukraine
UK Targets Putin’s War Machine With Fresh Sanctions
The UK government’s latest sanctions target Russia’s energy sector, including four major oil companies, while also disrupting its military supply chains.
Dec. 20, 2025
Sanctions
Russia Orders Austrian Bank to Pay About $400M in Sanctions Losses
According to Washington and Brussels, Rasperia is linked to the Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, who has been under Western sanctions since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Dec. 19, 2025
Europe
‘Money Today or Blood Tomorrow’ – EU Finds €90B for Kyiv, Still Stuck on Frozen-Asset Plan
Despite Belgian and other opposition to a plan to use €201B in immobilized Russian funds, a proposal which remains at a deadlock in Brussels, Europe finds a way to loan money to Kyiv.
Dec. 19, 2025
Europe
Zelensky Presses EU to Tap Russian Assets at Crunch Summit
The 27-nation bloc is scrambling to bolster its ally Ukraine, as US President Donald Trump pushes for a deal with President Vladimir Putin to end the fighting
Dec. 18, 2025
Ukraine
US Quietly Pressuring EU to Drop Frozen-Asset-Fund Bid for Ukraine, Official Says
A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP on Wednesday that the Europeans were “quietly asking us to intervene on this matter as they do not want to be publicly against it”.
Dec. 18, 2025
Europe
Europe Targets Kremlin Disinformation, Cyber Networks in New Sanctions Push
The EU is tightening sanctions on Russia’s hybrid warfare, targeting disinformation figures, cyber units and electronic warfare forces accused of destabilizing Europe.
Dec. 15, 2025
Russia
EU Targets 9 New Players Behind Russia’s Shadow Fleet
The EU has sanctioned five individuals and four companies over Russia’s shadow fleet, aiming to block covert oil exports that fund Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Dec. 15, 2025
Russia
Intel: Russia Arms Shahed Drones With Air-to-Air Missiles
Ukrainian intelligence says Russia has equipped its drones with Soviet-era R-60 air-to-air missiles to target Ukrainian helicopters and planes intercepting them, confirming earlier reports.
Dec. 15, 2025
War in Ukraine
EU Faces ‘Very Important’ Decisions This Week on Ukraine Funding: Kallas
Belgium – which hosts the vast bulk of Russian central bank assets frozen in the bloc – has so far opposed a plan to tap the funds to provide a 90-billion-euro “reparations loan” to Ukraine.
Dec. 15, 2025
Russia
Italy, Bulgaria, and Malta Join Belgium in Opposing Russian Asset Plan for Ukraine
Russian central bank assets in Europe were frozen after Moscow invaded Ukraine. EU leaders have considered using the funds to help Kyiv, including possible confiscation, but rejected that option.
Dec. 13, 2025
Ukraine
S-400 Illusion: New Report Exposes Critical Supply Chain Failure in Russia’s ‘Invincible’ Air Defense
How Moscow’s prized missile shield, reliant on foreign parts from Central Asia to the US, is a single strike – or a well-enforced sanction – away from total disruption.
Dec. 13, 2025
US
‘Willful Ignorance’: Ukrainians Sue US Chip Makers Over Parts in Russian Drones, Missiles
Intel, AMD, Texas Instruments and Mouser Electronics face mounting legal pressure as Ukrainian plaintiffs argue the companies failed to stop their chips from flowing into Russian weapons.
Dec. 11, 2025