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Trump's Animosity Toward Ukraine Rewards Putin: From the Oval Office Ambush to a Russian Diesel Deal

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t think the US owes Ukraine an open chequebook. Europe should carry most of the cost of a war on its own continent, and it now does. A President who pushed allies to pay more, demanded accountability for every weapon and pressed both sides toward a ceasefire would be doing his job.

Then there’s what this President has actually done. Over 20 months he has treated the country that was invaded as the problem, and the country that invaded it as a partner in waiting.

The Graham Russia Sanctions Act Takes Effect on October 19 as Trump Strikes a Diesel Deal With Putin

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

On 18 September the President signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026. It passed the Senate 86 to 11 and the House 262 to 159. Its main provisions take effect on 19 October.

The law lets the President impose tariffs of up to 500% on Russian goods, and of up to 100% on the five largest buyers of Russian oil or gas, or the five biggest helpers in evading sanctions. It requires sanctions on Sberbank, VTB and Gazprombank, bans trading in some Russian securities, and adds sanctions on Rosatom, the state nuclear company, from 2028. Lifting the Russia measures requires a peace deal Ukraine accepts. The President can waive almost everything on national interest grounds.

US Russia Sanctions Move in Both Directions as the EU's 22nd Package and Britain's 600 Tankers Carry the Load

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The United States imposed its toughest Russia sanctions in October 2025, when it designated Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia’s two largest oil companies. Those designations stand. Since then Washington has moved in both directions. In 2026 it removed several names from its lists, issued licences letting already-loaded Russian oil cargoes be delivered and kept extending the deadline for Lukoil to sell its foreign assets. On 1 October it designated A7, a Russia-linked payments network used to evade sanctions, under its Iran and criminal-network authorities.