#Sanctions

[sayruq]

[allthegeopolitics]

The United States House of Representatives has voted in favour of a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) in retaliation for its arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the country’s former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Legislators in the lower chamber of the US Congress passed the “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act” by an overwhelming margin, 243 to 140, on Thursday in a signal of strong support for Israel.

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[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

U.S. blockade of Cuba causes electricity system to collapse due to lack of stable fuel supply

On Sunday, Oct. 20, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel pointed directly at the blockade policy of the United States government as the fundamental cause of the national collapse of the National Electric Power System (SEN) over the past few days. It is not complicated and it is not rhetoric that Cuba’s lack of a stable supply of fuel is because of the threats of fines that the US government through its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied on banks, shipping companies and any other enterprise attempting to trade with Cuba.

[onlytiktoks]

[afloweroutofstone]

"A New Washington Influence Industry is Making Millions from Sanctions," Jeff Stein, Federica Cocco and Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post, October 25, 2024:

Some sanctions lobbying isn’t about a company trying to avoid sanctions, but trying to get them imposed on competitors. In 2015, [Tom] Coleman, the ex-senator, registered with other former U.S. officials at his law firm to lobby on behalf of Intrepid Potash, a domestic fertilizer company. The firm’s lobbyists asked State Department officials to tighten sanctions against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia who was accused of human rights abuses. Inside government, some officials thought the lobbyists for the Denver-based firm were less concerned about human rights than about business competition; their goal was clearly to cut Belarusian potash producers out of international markets, said three former administration officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private meetings. (The officials did not recall if Coleman was part of these conversations, although records show he was part of the lobbying team.) “You had these potash industry lobbyists trying to give us lessons on the intricacies of Belarusian politics,” said one former State Department official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private interactions. “It was very odd — and very thinly veiled.” After a years-long lobbying campaign and another crackdown by Lukashenko on civilian protesters, the U.S. sanctioned Belarusian potash firms in 2021, pushing global potash prices to a 13-year high. A State Department spokeswoman said the potash sanctions were imposed because the industry generates revenue for the Belarusian regime. Intrepid Potash paid Coleman and his colleagues $1.5 million between 2015 and 2019. Coleman’s law firm declined to comment... Other U.S. firms have pushed for sanctions against their competitors, too. In 2022, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Alcoa Corporation, a major U.S. aluminum producer, pushed the White House to sanction Russian aluminum companies, while spending more than $1 million on a team of lobbyists, according to Senate disclosures. As economic hostilities have deepened with China, U.S. companies have significantly ramped up spending on lobbying aimed at pushing Chinese competitors out of Western markets. Over the past six years, U.S. entities — primarily companies — have spent more than $1 billion on contracts with lobbyists that mention “China” and “sanctions” as specific targets, although these contracts also often include other goals as well, according to The Post’s analysis of Justice Department records.

[thelittleukrainianwell-armedgirl]

"This investigation reveals how a vast network of Russian intermediaries and their foreign suppliers continue feeding Russian arms producers with American and European microchips."

[dontforgetukraine]

"I would like to address the recurring question of those 'ordinary Russians' who 'shouldn’t be sanctioned'.

I hear talk of ordinary Russians’ innocence, but then I see ordinary Russians murdering ordinary Ukrainians.

I see ordinary Russian mothers saying goodbye to their ordinary Russian sons and wishing them good luck with their ordinary Russian war crimes.

I see ordinary Russians celebrating murder. I see ordinary Russian parents dressing up their ordinary Russian children in military uniforms and painting the letter Z on a cardboard tank costume.

I see ordinary Russians coming together to make a huge Z formation in the town square.

Ordinary Russia is sick. Healing will be a long and gruelling process which can only start when Russia, not just Putin, is defeated. Without a defeat in Ukraine, Russia will just keep spreading.

So about those “unfair” sanctions against “ordinary Russians”... Well, anything which slows down Russia’s total war machine will have ordinary Lithuanians’ support. Whatever victory takes. Slava Ukraini."

—Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament of Lithuania

[vyorei]

Live coverage of the 1st of February 2024 is now closed.

Here is a recap of today's major events.

It is 12am in Ireland now so I have to go to bed.

I'll be back to resume live updates in the afternoon.

For continuous updates while I'm gone, click the link below:

[phobic-human]

The US government has placed further sanctions on Venezuela, this time by revoking Chevron's license to operate in the country. This abrupt decision mandates Chevron to cease operations within 30 days, a move that could significantly impact Venezuela's oil production.

Chevron’s return to Venezuela had brought in investment that helped boost production. They also managed the logistics necessary to export some of the country’s oil, which will now come to an end.

[affairsmastery]

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing it of illegitimate actions targeting the U.S. and its ally, Israel. The ICC has previously asserted jurisdiction over American and Israeli personnel, prompting strong opposition from Washington.

The U.S. has never been a state party to the Rome Statute, with past administrations refusing to ratify it. The ICC, based in The Hague, investigates genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity but faces criticism for overreach. This move further deepens tensions between the U.S. and international legal bodies.

[allthegeopolitics]

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) for targeting the United States and its ally Israel.  The order places financial and visa sanctions on unnamed individuals and their family members who assist in ICC investigations of US citizens or US allies.  The order comes after a visit to the White House by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the ICC over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza since October 2023. 

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[whatevergreen]

"Days after the settler sanctions were repealed, Axios reported that Trump would lift Biden’s hold on 2,000 pound bombs to Israel. The Biden administration had instituted the pause in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s invasion of Rafah last May.

The Biden team continued sending Israel other weapons, and even reportedly pressured Democratic members of Congress to back a major arms deal, but that didn’t stop Netanyahu from claiming that the U.S. was impeding his war on Gaza."

[gwydionmisha]

Finally, some real resistance:

[thashining]

Their (maga) willingness to be "loud and wrong" needs to be studied.

[thelittleukrainianwell-armedgirl]

How Russia continues to deliver oil directly to the EU despite sanctions | UP. Investigation

"In the third year of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the sham nature of the civilised world's sanctions is becoming quite obvious. This is as obvious as the fact that if the sanctions policy of our Western partners stood on principles, Russia's economy would not have survived three years of war. Especially a war of such intensity involving so many missiles and other means worth billions of dollars. In fact, such economic levers were used to deter Russia's military aggression.

It is also clear that Russia is a petrol station country, and the lion's share of its budget is provided by money from the “black gold”. This means that it is oil that ensures Russia's ability to continue its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Russia's military budget for 2024 was about US$112 billion and will be increased in 2025. According to Bloomberg, spending on national defence and internal security will increase by almost a third to US$142 billion.

Such a disappointing state of affairs for the civilised world is explained by the fact that despite all the restrictions and bans written on paper, millions of tonnes of Russian oil continue to flow directly to the European Union.

According to the Financial Times, in the first year of the full-scale invasion, the EU paid Russia about €140 billion for oil and gas, which is more than the EU provided to Ukraine in aid in two years. About 80 of this 140 billion is oil.

How is this possible? See our new Ukrainska Pravda investigation".

[ms-boogie-man]

Yesterday, Joe Biden signed off on economic sanctions against the state of Texas disallowing that republic from exporting LNG (liquid natural gas)

The first act in a state of war is always sanctions

I know what you are thinking,

Angie, the Biden admin only put a temporary pause on the pending approvals of LNG exports

The Biden admin's move is designed to act as a sanction against Texas… make no mistake

HERE

The export of LNG from Texas would likely be bound for countries in the EU; Germany, for example. Guess where Germany will get their LNG from… Russia Why would Biden do such of a thingy? Think Hunter… think Burisma Holdings

The Constitution of the United States of America was put in place to protect us from people like Joe Biden, Barrack Hussein Obama, George H W Bush, Paul Ryan, James Comey, and the Clintons; just to name a few

Angie/Maddie🦇❥✝︎🇺🇸