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Russia condemns US seizure of Marinera oil tanker
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U.S. President Donald Trump will allow a bipartisan sanctions bill targeting countries doing business with Russia to move forward in Congress and it could be put to a vote as early as next week, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said on Wednesday.
Russia formally asked the United States to halt pursuit of Venezuelan oil tanker Marinera after the vessel escaped U.S. Coast Guard interception in the Caribbean.
The U.S. striking Venezuela and capturing its leader has practical implications for China, Russia, Iran and Cuba, and it also sends messages to each nation.
Russia’s Ministry of Transport reported it had lost contact with the tanker, Marinera, previously named the Bella-1, after American forces boarded the vessel, according to multiple outlets.
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Trump's former Russia adviser says Russia offered US free rein in Venezuela in exchange for Ukraine
Russian officials indicated in 2019 that the Kremlin would be willing to back off from its support for Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela in exchange for a free hand in Ukraine, according to Fiona Hill, an adviser to President Donald Trump at the time.
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Zelenskyy names intelligence chief as top aide; Russia puts death toll from Ukrainian strike at 27
Three drones struck a cafe and hotel in the resort town of Khorly on the Black Sea coast, the region’s Moscow-installed leader said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a prominent defense hawk, says President Trump “greenlit” a long-delayed bipartisan Senate bill to impose tough sanction on Russia amid rising tensions Wednesday in
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