The United States on Wednesday dramatically broadened sanctions on Russia, including by targeting China-based companies selling semiconductors to Moscow, as part of its effort to undercut the Russian military machine waging war on Ukraine.

The United States has imposed sanctions on three Russian entities and one individual allegedly involved in the transfer and testing of North Korea’s ballistic missiles for alleged use by Moscow in its war against Ukraine.

A Russian minister has underlined that his country will make use of Iranian experience in evading sanctions in order to overcome challenges concerning purchase of spare parts for Russia's aviation industry. Vitaly Savelyev, Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, said on Tuesday, "Russia was being guided by Irans experience of how to service ...

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that Tehran and Moscow are creating a mechanism to protect the two countries trade and financial exchanges from the threat of sanctions. A Russian official said thatTehran and Moscow are working jointlyto develop a mechanism to protect trade and financial exchanges from the threat of sanctions. The Russian ...

Russia has blasted the United States for adopting yet another wrong approach in the wake of new Iran-related sanctions targeting Chinese companies, stressing that Moscow will keep up its business ties with Tehran despite such bans. Wrong approach again The United States playing a world policeman, substituting the UN Security Council is an unwelcome ...

Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry spokesman condemned a US proposal to expand sanctions over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, calling on the world to rise up against Washingtons habit of aggressive law-breaking. As it was warned time & time again that a bully will get bully-er if you succumb, the American bully now bites ...

TASS | Scott Ritter: When it comes to saving American lives, sanctions are not an obstacle to the provision of life-saving medical equipment. Ramping up sanctions on struggling Iran is okay however which goes to show the US price tag on human life. It was a sight that warmed the heart of even the most cynical American opponent of Vladimir Putins ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi has denounced the latest case of US's economic terrorism against Russia. "The Americans' insanity in extreme use of economic terrorism and unlawful and unilateral punishments against countries that do not think and behave like them is a failed trick that has lost its efficiency and will definitely ...

Sputnik- Following a massive US strike on Syrian targets on April 17, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said during UN Security Council meeting that Washington was "locked and loaded" to conduct new strikes against the war-torn Middle East country. US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told CBS that Washington was preparing new sanctions on Russia ...

Sputnik- Iranian experts told Sputnik the US new Kremlin Report, which names the associates of top ranking Russian officials and businessmen in an effort to end their interactions, is stupid and a violation of international law. The US Treasury has published the so-called "Kremlin Report" a list of Russian citizens connected to Russia's top officials....

RT- Russian President Vladimir Putin has weighed in on the US Treasurys recently released Kremlin List, ironically noting that he was offended not to be included on it. The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on,Putin said on Tuesday, several hours after the report featuring the entire Russian government and scores of prominent Russian business people ...

Financial Tribune- The United States on Thursday ordered Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco and two other installations in two days, a move Moscow greeted with regret, as relations between the nuclear-armed powers took another dive. The State Department said the decision was made in the spirit of parity, after Moscow in July ordered ...

RT- The Russian government will intensify efforts to cut the countrys dependence on US payment systems and the dollar as a settling currency, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Monday, as quoted by RIA Novosti. We will, of course, speed up the work on import substitution, reduce dependence on US payment systems, on the dollar as a settling ...

Sputnik News- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that the United States declared a full-fledged trade war by introducing new anti-Russia sanctions, adding that there is no chance that the relations between the two states will improve. "The signing bythe US President ofa new sanctions law againstRussia creates several ...

TASS- Russian deputy foreign minister says retaliation over the US sanctions may follow Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov considers the US actions a move towards destruction of prospects for better relations with Russia, he told TASS, commenting on the vote in the US House of Representatives on the bill that tightens unilateral sanctions ...

TASS- "I believe this is harmful," Russian President said. "But it is early now to speak about any retaliatory steps (towards strengthening of sanctions) but lets look at the outcome." Washingtons new sanctions against Russia wont push Moscow into deadlock, but this policy harms bilateral relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview ...

April 12,The Iran Project Following US attack on Syria, an Iranian parliamentarian calls on international community to force the United Statesto implement its international obligations. Speaking to a reporter on Wednesday, a member ofMajlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Morteza Safari Natanzi referred to the United States threatening ...

The New York Times- President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia announced Friday that he would not retaliate against President Obamas decision to expel Russian diplomats and impose new sanctions only hours after his foreign minister recommended doing just that. Mr. Putin, betting on improved relations with the next American president, said he would not ...

Press TV- President-elect Donald Trump could reverse President Barack Obama's sweeping new sanctions against Moscow that included the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats, officials say. If a future president decided he wanted to allow in a large tranche of Russian intelligence agents, presumably a future president could do that, a senior Obama administration ...

Moscow regrets Washington's decision to extend sanctions against Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) On Wednesday, US President Barack Obama extended sanctions against Russia, which had been imposed in March 2014. "We regret it," Peskov told reporters, commenting on the recent US decision to extend Executive ...