PRESS STATEMENT MATTHEW MILLER, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON AUGUST 16, 2023 Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on three entities connected to a U.S.-sanctioned arms dealer who has attempted to facilitate arms deals between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Russian Federation for Russia’s use in its brutal war against Ukraine. Earlier this …
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By U.S. Mission Russia | 17 August, 2023 | Topics: Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Europe & Eurasia, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, Moscow, News, Policy, Political Affairs, Press Releases, U.S. & Russia
PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 11, 2023 Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on four prominent members of Russia’s financial elite who have served on the supervisory board of the Alfa Group Consortium, one of the largest financial and investment conglomerates in Russia. We are also imposing sanctions on the …
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By U.S. Mission Russia | 14 August, 2023 | Topics: Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Europe & Eurasia, Moscow, News, Policy, Political Affairs, Press Releases, U.S. & Russia, U.S. Secretary of State
Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and entities in order to degrade Russia’s current and future military capabilities, reduce Russia’s revenue by targeting its future energy projects, and curb sanctions evasion by targeting those who help Russia procure sensitive material, and curtail Russia’s use of the international financial system to further its …
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By U.S. Mission Russia | 24 July, 2023 | Topics: Business, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Fact Sheets, News, Policy, Press Releases, U.S. & Russia
By ShareAmerica U.S. scientists are developing technologies and new approaches to reduce desertification and in some cases return harmed land to its earlier fertile condition. A classic example of desertification is the 1930s Dust Bowl period in the United States, which devastated Midwestern states. It was a time when severe droughts combined with poor land-management …
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By U.S. Mission Russia | 14 July, 2023 | Topics: Agriculture, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Environment, News, Science & Tech | Tags: Share America
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 27, 2023 The United States is imposing sanctions on several entities in the Central African Republic (CAR) today for their connection to the transnational criminal organization known as the Wagner Group and for their involvement in activities that undermine democratic processes and institutions in the CAR through illicit …
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By U.S. Mission Russia | 28 June, 2023 | Topics: Africa, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Europe & Eurasia, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, Moscow, News, Policy, Political Affairs, Press Releases, U.S. & Russia, U.S. Secretary of State
By ShareAmerica The United States plans to invest nearly $6 billion to restore and protect the world’s ocean from climate change, pollution and other threats. The announcement came during the March 2–3 Our Ocean Conference in Panama. As U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John F. Kerry noted during the conference, this figure more than doubles the …
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By U.S. Mission Russia | 7 June, 2023 | Topics: Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Environment, News, Our Ocean, Policy, Political Affairs, President of the United States, Vice President of the United States | Tags: Share America
By ShareAmerica May 11, 2023 Heidi Kühn walked through her first minefield, in Dragalić, Croatia, in 2000. Workers there asked her blood type in case she stepped on a land mine. “That was such a defining moment,” Kühn said. “I was with a friend and we looked at each other in the eye and we …
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By U.S. Mission Russia | 30 May, 2023 | Topics: Agriculture, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Environment, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, News
FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON MAY 19, 2023 The United States will continue to take actions against Russia until it ends its brutal and illegal war against Ukraine. The United States is implementing commitments made at the G7 Leaders’ Summit to increase costs for Russia and those who support its war effort. Among others, …
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By U.S. Mission Russia | 30 May, 2023 | Topics: Agriculture, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Europe & Eurasia, Fundamental Freedoms, Government Offices, Human Rights, Moscow, News, Policy, Political Affairs, Press Releases, Trade, U.S. & Russia
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PRESS RELEASES MAY 25, 2023 WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Ivan Aleksandrovich Maslov (Maslov), the head of Russian Private Military Company ‘Wagner’ (Wagner Group) paramilitary units and its principal administrator based in Mali. The Wagner Group and its leader, …
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By U.S. Mission Russia | 26 May, 2023 | Topics: Africa, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Europe & Eurasia, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, Moscow, Near East & North Africa, News, Policy, Political Affairs, U.S. & Russia
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield U.S. Representative to the United Nations New York, New York May 11, 2023 AS DELIVERED MODERATOR: Welcome to the New York Foreign Press Center. We’re honored to have two distinguished briefers with us today who will speak on the Black Sea Grain Initiative: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations; …
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By U.S. Mission Russia | 18 May, 2023 | Topics: Agriculture, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, Moscow, News, Policy, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, Trade, U.S. & Russia
By ShareAmerica The European Union is producing all-time highs of wind and solar energy as the 27-country group works to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels from Russia. Four months after Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Commission launched REPowerEU . This campaign aims to: Boost the use of renewable energy. …
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By U.S. Mission Russia | 12 May, 2023 | Topics: Business, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Environment, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, Moscow, News, Policy, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, U.S. & Russia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 1, 2023 U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Public Affairs Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce is continuing to take action against Russia and those who enable Russia’s war in Ukraine. We added trade restrictions to seven Iranian entities involved in Iran’s drone program for supporting Russia’s war efforts and trying to use …
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By U.S. Mission Russia | 3 February, 2023 | Topics: Commercial Affairs, Europe & Eurasia, News, Policy, Press Releases