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While speaking at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Daleep Singh, deputy national security adviser for international economics in the Biden Administration recently said, “Russia’s shift towards a full-fledged war economy requires the west to extend its sanctions policy, including by sanctioning third-party entities that trade with Moscow”. Singh said, “the United States would consider export controls to prevent China-Russia trade that threatens American security and take further action to increase the cost of Russia using a shadow fleet to evade the G7 countries’ oil price cap. US authorities could also broaden current sanctions language regarding financial facilitation, given Moscow’s moves to shift its economy […] #CounterPoint Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/05/western-nations-anti-russia-sanctions-turns-counterproductive/?feed_id=12139

Back on December 2, 2020, Ukrainian news portal Zaborona quoting Polish journalist Pawel Pieniazek said, Ukraine has become a haven for some Islamic State militants, while it is attacking it is attracting Islamic State militants seeking asylum after losing territories in Syria and Iraq. The country is a good place to hide and wait until you have the opportunity to return safely to your home in the European Union or elsewhere in the former Soviet Union. It further said: In November 2019, the special services of three states — Ukraine, Georgia, and the United States — detained Caesar Tokhosashvili in […] #Government #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/04/ukraine-has-been-playing-the-role-of-jihadist-launchpad-training-isis-fighters-and-helping-them-in-entering-eu-nations-and-the-us/?feed_id=10883