A bad week for Hungary’s strongman leader as Trump-Putin summit scrapped and US sanctions Russia

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was delighted to learn last week that Russia and the United States had chosen his country as the venue for another summit on ending the war in Ukraine.

Russia's top Indian oil buyer Reliance says it will abide by Western sanctions

Reliance Industries Ltd, the top Indian buyer of Russian oil, will abide by Western sanctions against Moscow while maintaining its relationship with current oil suppliers, its spokesperson said in a statement.

Ukraine’s Zelensky urges US to broaden Russian oil sanctions and seeks long-range missiles

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies to the whole sector.

FIA reinstated Russian official facing US, UK sanctions to World Motor Sport Council

A Russian official who remains subject to sanctions from the United States and the United Kingdom was reinstated to the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council earlier this year.

Senior Russian envoy arrives in US days after oil sanctions imposed

Kirill Dmitriev, a close Putin ally, says trip was scheduled before Treasury slapped restrictions on Rosneft and Lukoil

U.S. sanctions on Russia’s two biggest crude producers lifted oil prices this week — but will the rally last?

Oil prices on Friday posted their biggest weekly gains since June, after the U.S. imposed sanctions Wednesday on Russia’s Rosn

Kyrgyzstan criticises EU sanctions on its banks over Russia links, calls for dialogue

Kyrgyzstan voiced regret on Friday over the inclusion of several Kyrgyz entities in the European Union's latest Russia sanctions list, a move it called "one-sided sanctions pressure".
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