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Biden decides to ban imports of Russian oil to the US.

Biden decides to ban imports of Russian oil to the US. Biden decides to ban imports of Russian oil to the US.

President Joe Biden decided to ban Russian oil imports, mounting the economic cost to Russia of invading Ukraine, a person familiar with the matter said. The move follows Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy’s pleas to the United States and Western officials to cut off imports, which were a blatant disregard of the heavy sanctions imposed on […]

US sanctions Putin’s “front man”, his spokesman and other Russian oligarchs

US sanctions Putin’s “front man”, his spokesman and other Russian oligarchs US sanctions Putin’s “front man”, his spokesman and other Russian oligarchs

United States announced this Thursday sanctions to eight oligarchs russians and their relatives, including the alleged “figurehead” of the president Vladimir PutinAlisher Usmanov, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov. The State Department also banned 19 Russian oligarchs and their relatives from entering the United States, while the Treasury blocked the potential assets under US jurisdiction of […]

Biden administration seeks additional $32.5 billion in aid for Ukraine and COVID-19

Biden administration seeks additional $32.5 billion in aid for Ukraine and COVID-19 Biden administration seeks additional $32.5 billion in aid for Ukraine and COVID-19

Updated on 03/03/2022 01:04 pm The administration of President Joe Biden will seek $32.5 billion in additional funding from Congress to bolster the country’s response to COVID-19 and to help Ukraine, the White House said, citing two “urgent and immediate needs”. The $22.5 billion in COVID funding plus the $10 billion in emergency humanitarian and […]

Russian troops arrive in Kharkiv and bombard the entire city with missiles

Russian troops arrive in Kharkiv and bombard the entire city with missiles Russian troops arrive in Kharkiv and bombard the entire city with missiles

Russian troops landed this Wednesday in Kharkiv (east), the second Ukrainian city, and claimed to have taken Kherson (south) on the seventh day of the invasion launched by Vladimir Putin, whom Joe Biden described as a “dictator” and whose country is the target of strong sanctions by the West. “Russian airborne troops have landed in […]

USA: Joe Biden calls Vladimir Putin a ‘Russian dictator’

USA: Joe Biden calls Vladimir Putin a ‘Russian dictator’ USA: Joe Biden calls Vladimir Putin a ‘Russian dictator’

Updated on 03/01/2022 10:53 pm The president of United States, Joe Bidenqualified the president Vladimir Putin of “Russian dictator” during the State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, a week after Moscow invaded Ukraine. “A Russian dictator, who invades a foreign country, has costs throughout the world”Biden said. But “In the battle between […]

Biden announces closure of US airspace to Russian airlines

Biden announces closure of US airspace to Russian airlines Biden announces closure of US airspace to Russian airlines

Updated on 03/01/2022 10:01 pm US President Joe Biden revealed on Tuesday his decision to close US airspace to Russian airlines, as the European Union (EU) and Canada have also done. Biden’s announcement drew a standing ovation from lawmakers who attended his first State of the Union address before both houses of the US Congress. […]

“Putin was wrong. We were prepared,” Biden will say in his State of the Union address.

“Putin was wrong. We were prepared,” Biden will say in his State of the Union address. “Putin was wrong.  We were prepared,” Biden will say in his State of the Union address.

US President Joe Biden will accuse his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, of having misjudged the West with an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and order a ban on Russian flights in US airspace in his speech on Tuesday. on the State of the Union. The annual address to Congress gives Biden, a Democrat, a chance to […]

Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson, a black judge, for the Supreme Court to better represent the US.

Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson, a black judge, for the Supreme Court to better represent the US. Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson, a black judge, for the Supreme Court to better represent the US.

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, formally nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first black justice of the US Supreme Court, with the aim of making that court better represent the diversity of the country’s population. “For Too Long, (Members Of) Our Government And Our Courts Have Not Looked Like America”, Biden said […]

Biden: The United States will not send troops to Ukraine, but there will be economic sanctions on Russia

Biden: The United States will not send troops to Ukraine, but there will be economic sanctions on Russia Biden: The United States will not send troops to Ukraine, but there will be economic sanctions on Russia

The US president announced economic sanctions and export restrictions to Russia. He also stated that he will defend “every iota of NATO territory”, but will not send troops to Ukraine. “Our armed forces are not going to Europe to fight in Ukraine, but to defend our NATO allies and reassure these Eastern allies”, stated Joe […]

Biden agrees to sanctions with G7 after Russia’s attack on Ukraine

Biden agrees to sanctions with G7 after Russia’s attack on Ukraine Biden agrees to sanctions with G7 after Russia’s attack on Ukraine

President Joe Biden met Thursday with G7 allies to agree on more sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine and will brief Americans on this crisis that will cause “catastrophic loss of life.” After a virtual meeting behind closed doors that lasted one hour and ten minutes, the western powers of the G7 (the United Kingdom, […]