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.
The main question analysts are now asking is: who blinked first — Washington or Beijing?
Beijing has moved Russia’s Power of Siberia-2 pipeline closer to reality and signaled its willingness to receive LNG from the sanctioned Arctic LNG-2 project.
The leaders of China, Russia and India appeared before the press holding hands and pledging deeper cooperation—a gesture aimed not only at participants of the gathering but also at Washington.
The administration of President Donald Trump is trying to jump-start the stalled peacea process in the war in Ukraine—and a key role in that effort has been assigned to Marco Rubio.
The question of territorial concessions in Russia’s war against Ukraine has once again moved to the center of global politics.
According to analysts at Kpler and Energy Aspects, Chinese companies have already bought between 10 and 15 cargoes of Urals for October and November delivery — significantly more than their usual intake.
At the same time, the American leader ruled out Ukraine’s accession to NATO and the return of Crimea as part of any potential talks with Moscow.
Diplomatic sources say Trump’s upcoming meeting with Russia in Anchorage will address U.S. and Western guarantees of non-interference in Russia’s internal affairs.
Commentators close to the Kremlin see this meeting not only as a symbol of Russia’s return to the global stage but also as a harbinger of a possible lifting of sanctions.
The first official trip of the Russian leader to the US in almost two decades coincides with the threat of new sanctions.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that on August 15 he will hold talks in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, aimed at reaching an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
