Blavatnik holds both U.S. and U.K. citizenship and has generously funded election campaigns for both Democrats and Republicans.
The government is now considering tightening control over hundreds of Russian-linked trusts after their managers resigned en masse under pressure from Washington.
Neither side involved in the Ukrainian conflict or negotiations has a definitive vision of what a final agreement might entail.
According to Bloomberg, citing Cabinet Minister Gergely Gulyas, the talks, scheduled to take place at the White House on November 7, will include the signing of several agreements in the fields of energy, defense, economy, and finance.
According to several interlocutors, the Kremlin is somewhat shocked by the White House’s actions.
About 20% of China’s crude oil imports — roughly 2 million barrels per day in the first nine months of this year — come from Russia.
The planned summit between President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Budapest has been canceled — just a week after Trump himself announced it.
The joint declaration followed mixed signals from Washington about whether U.S. President Donald Trump was ready to support Moscow’s territorial demands.
Speaking to journalists aboard Air Force One, he emphasized that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy never discussed transferring the entire Donbas region to Russia.
Six senior executives from India’s state-owned oil refiners admitted that the president’s remarks caught them off guard.
The move marks yet another episode in the escalating global struggle for technological supremacy between the United States and China.
He added that there had been “substantial communication” between the two sides over the weekend, after Beijing failed to respond to Washington’s inquiries regarding last week’s decision to impose new export restrictions.
The deal was finalized overnight into Thursday after several days of indirect consultations in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh with the participation of the US, Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey.
