sanctions
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The order suspends the new penalties but leaves existing sanctions against Russia in place.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
The Independent focuses on what it says is a "pivotal week" in the war in Ukraine, as the White House looks to cut diesel prices further by easing sanctions on Russia's shadow fleet.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Cuban American poet Kyle Carrero Lopez first learned what sanctions were as a child — not as a political measure, but as a gendered one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Netherlands hopes to insulate the court by activating the European Union’s “blocking statute,” a rule that would ban EU companies from complying with the sanctions and thereby expose them to U.S. secondary sanctions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
In our meeting that day, though, I could not make the slightest bit of headway with her on the question of sanctions.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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