Sanctions. Donald Trump threatens Moscow to “increase pressure” on the Ukrainian issue

Barely arriving at the White House, Donald Trump said he was ready to act against Vladimir Putin if the latter refuses to make an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. On his social network, Truth Social, he notably assured that he would set up “high taxes and customs duties on everything sold by Russia to the United States,” and that it would impose significant “sanctions” against the Russians.

Donald Trump could notably target Russian oil and gas, which the Biden administration “had scruples” to target “for fear of disrupting global markets”, estimates the Financial Times, which also states that previous US sanctions on liquefied natural gas do not seem to have had the desired effect.

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