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US Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, answers questions from the media near an exhibition of damaged Russian vehicles in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
August 8, 2026, 9:12 am
US Senate passes Russia sanctions championed by late senator Lindsey Graham
Bill also expands sanctions on Iran sought by White House; lawmakers’ concerns about tarriff authorizations could threaten legislation’s passage in House
By Patricia Zengerle
Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov speaks to the media at the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)
April 30, 2026, 2:24 am
Senior diplomat meets Russian envoy, spurns EU rep amid stolen Ukraine grain fight
Jerusalem says ‘tweets’ from Kyiv not sufficient to prove grain seized by Russia is reaching Israel; Ukraine working with EU to sanction those involved in ‘this theft and illegal trade’
By Lazar Berman
Left: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky reacts during a press conference at the German-Ukrainian government consultations in Berlin Germany, on April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi); Right: Gideon Sa’ar speaks during a meeting of the Subcommittee on Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, March 23, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 28, 2026, 7:05 pm
Israel says no proof Russian grain shipment ‘stolen,’ as Ukraine threatens sanctions
FM Sa’ar again accuses Zelensky of ‘Twitter diplomacy,’ after Ukrainian president says Israel ‘cannot be unaware’ cargo at Haifa port came from Russian-occupied territory
By Stav Levaton, Nava Freiberg and Agencies
This combination photo shows US President Donald Trump in a business roundtable in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2025, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo, Files)
March 10, 2026, 10:53 am
Trump, Putin talk of war and peace as US weighs easing Russian oil sanctions
Phone call comes hours after Kremlin warned US-Israeli conflict with Iran could trigger energy crisis, as closure of Strait of Hormuz disrupts oil supplies
By Guy Faulconbridge, Vladimir Soldatkin and Jarrett Renshaw
L: Russian President Vladimir Putin at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia on April 24, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP); R: US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 26, 2025, 10:40 am
Trump slams ‘crazy’ Putin as Russia pummels Ukraine with massive drone attack
US president, ‘not happy’ about bombing of cities, warns Russian counterpart he will see ‘downfall’ of his country if he tries to take all of Ukraine
By Agencies
In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on September 11, 2024, a warship of the Russian Northern Fleet forces fires missiles while searching for submarines of a simulated enemy and practice the use of anti-submarine weapons in the Barents Sea during a large scale naval exercise as the Ocean-2024 drills. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
September 11, 2024, 5:23 pm
Israeli pleads guilty to shipping US-made avionics to Russia, violating sanctions
US Justice Department says Gal Haimovich sent aircraft tech, some of it with missile applications, worth $2 million to Russian customers, violating export controls amid Ukraine war
By ToI Staff
Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers a statement at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 5, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP)
July 6, 2024, 12:57 pm
Putin welcomes Pezeshkian’s Iran election win, says nations can ‘coordinate efforts’
Russian leader says Moscow and Tehran should work together to ‘resolve international issues in a constructive manner’
By AFP
In this picture from the official website of the Iranian Army on January 19, 2024, a missile is launched during a military drill in southern Iran. (Iranian Army via AP)
March 15, 2024, 8:37 pm
Iran Air could be banned from Europe if Tehran sells missiles to Moscow, US warns
Biden administration intent on stemming Russia’s weapons supply, fears arms deal could be imminent
By AAMER MADHANI
People eat at a fast food restaurant, Vkusno-i Tochka, in a former McDonald's outlet in Bolshaya Bronnaya Street in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
December 27, 2023, 1:41 pm
Was Russia’s McDonald’s franchise sold to a straw man for supersized profits?
With sanctions on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, burger giant McDonald’s ostensibly retreated. Recordings depicting the chain’s sale suggest it wasn’t all kosher
By Ksenia Svetlova
Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground right, attends the launch ceremony for the first technological line for liquefying natural gas on gravity bases as part of the Arctic LNG2 project, in the village of Belokamenka, about 1,063 miles north of Moscow, Murmansk region, Russia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
September 15, 2023, 6:16 pm
New US sanctions target workarounds that let Russia get Western tech for Ukraine war
Over 150 businesses and people hit with punitive measures in Russia, Turkey, UAE and Georgia in bid to deny Kremlin access to finances, technology
By Emma Burrows
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, left, and his associate Daniel Kholodny are seen on a TV screen as they appear in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, during a hearing in the colony, in Melekhovo, Vladimir region, about 260 kilometers (163 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia, on Friday, August 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
August 17, 2023, 10:21 pm
US sanctions Russian FSB agents accused in poisoning of Putin critic Navalny
One of the operatives allegedly tailed Navalny prior to poisoning; the other 3 are from a secret FSB laboratory that reportedly works with poisons
By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Ilan Shor at a press conference February 25, 2019, following national elections in Moldova. (Facebook: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 5, 2023, 11:19 pm
US sanctions Russian-backed operatives linked to Israeli-Moldovan oligarch
7 individuals connected to pro-Russia politician Ilan Shor, currently in exile in Israel, designated by US Treasury for allegedly attempting to destabilize Moldova’s government
By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
April 28, 2023, 12:24 am
US sanctions Iran and Russia for hostage-taking, wrongful detention of Americans
Official says Moscow and Tehran are using US citizens ‘as political pawns’ and ‘bargaining chips’ after locking them up ‘on false pretenses’
By AFP
File: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, congratulates members of the Russian delegation after Russia was announced being the host for the 2018 soccer World Cup in Zurich, Switzerland, December 2, 2010. From left: famous conductor Valery Gergiyev, businessman Roman Abramovich, and Nizhny Novgorod governor Valery Shantsev. (AP Photo/Alexei Nikolsky, pool)
April 12, 2023, 9:13 pm
Fresh US, UK sanctions target oligarch Roman Abramovich’s ‘financial fixers’
Individuals in Cyprus helping to cloak wealth of Russian billionaires added to blacklist, part of latest efforts against supporters of Putin’s Ukraine war
By AFP
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin presents the government's annual report at a session of the State Duma, the country's lower house of parliament, in Moscow on March 23, 2023. (Dmitry ASTAKHOV / SPUTNIK / AFP)
March 23, 2023, 5:07 pm
Russia says economy will adapt to Western sanctions over Ukraine war by 2024
In parliament speech, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin acknowledges damages from the punitive measures after year of war, but vows quick recovery
By AFP
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