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This is all part of President Trump setting the table for successful negotiations. He is willing to apply maximum pressure on both sides,
the US treasury secretary said If we just take kind of a scale [from] zero to ten, I think the Biden administration's sanctions on Russia were probably a three, and on the way out the door, they took them to a six. I can tell you we wouldn’t hesitate to take them up to ten,
One should not think that as geopolitical tensions ease, it will somehow ease our situation."
Eduard Gudkov, deputy chairman of liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer Novatek's board said last month As for the details, these are already the subject of negotiations, and here I would like to again remind you of my words: 'let's not get ahead of ourselves',
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters The issue of European sanctions is going to be on the table, not to mention what happens with the frozen assets,
Everything has become much more expensive given transaction costs and settlements through third currencies,
Lifting of U.S. sanctions would not automatically remove European sanctions or fully restore payment infrastructure, meaning the recovery of commission-based income from cross-border operations would remain limited,