Black list introducing the first cases of introducing US sanctions against Moscow from the moment Trump returned to the White House in January, the publication notes.
Two sources familiar with the progress of discussions in the White House said that additional US sanctions against the shadow fleet are considered as the first step towards the use of additional impact measures against Russia. The third source close to the administration said that a number of options are being considered, including sanctions against the fleet.
ClearView Energy Partners Managing Director said that further US sanctions against the fleet will strengthen the recent measures of the European Union, which last month imposed sanctions against more than 100 vessels, bringing the total number of such vessels to 415.
The analysis of the Financial Times 115 tankers transporting oil under the sanctions of the United States shows that after imposing sanctions, their performance has decreased significantly. These Kpler cargo analysis platforms show that the vessels were transported on average 48 million barrels of Russian oil within six months before they are included in the list, over the next six months – only 13 million barrels.
The head of the department of macroeconomic research and strategies of the Kyiv School of Economics Benjamin Hilgoventok said that the aggressive persecution of the shadow fleet is a direct way to complicate the situation for Russia.
As the senior researcher at the Center for the Global Energy Policy of the University of Gloombie Edward Fishman, Washington can also impose secondary sanctions against banks and oil refineries in other countries that contribute to Russian oil trade. According to him, now there are incredible opportunities for imposing tough sanctions against Russia in relation to the oil industry.
According to the source close to the administration, Trump will probably decide on what potential expenses to assign to Moscow when his special bearer Steve Vitkoff returns, who met Putin on August 6. The interlocutor of the publication noted that if Vitcoff returns with nothing, Trump will be furious.
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July 14 Trump said “very disappointed” Putin's actions. The head of the White House threatened that if Moscow did not agree to negotiations within 50 days, then the United States will introduce customs duties. “We will introduce very hard tariffs, about 100%, you call them secondary tariffs,” Trump said. July 29 he reduced this period to 10 days.
July 31, the head of the White House said he was not sure of the effectiveness of new sanctions against the Russian Federation as a way to end the war. “I don’t know if this will affect, because he obviously wants to continue the war. […] I don’t know if this really affects, but we will do it, ”Trump said.
August 5 Reuters With reference to sources familiarized with discussions in the Kremlin, it wrote that Putin doubts that Trump He will embody his threats to sanctions, because earlier he “changed his position or did nothing.”
