Biden announces new sanctions against Russian energy sector as war in Ukraine rages on

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Meanwhile, Trump told reporters on Thursday that Putin "wants to meet, and we are setting it up.
57% : White House national security spokesman John Kirby said the Biden administration chose this moment -- just 10 days before Biden leaves office -- for tougher oil measures because worries about world oil markets have subsided.
52% : The shadow fleet is made up of aging tankers bought used, often by nontransparent entities with addresses in non-sanctioning countries such as the United Arab Emirates or the Marshall Islands, and flagged in places like Gabon or the Cook Islands.
50% : Officials said the sanctions, which punish entities that do business with the Russians, have the potential to cost the Russian economy upward of billions of dollars per month.More than 180 oil-carrying vessels that are suspected to be part of a shadow fleet utilized by the Kremlin to evade oil sanctions as well as traders, oil field service firms and Russian energy officials are also targeted by the new sanctions.
48% : British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said "oil revenues are the lifeblood of Putin's war economy.""Taking on Russian oil companies will drain Russia's war chest - and every ruble we take from Putin's hands helps save Ukrainian lives," he said.
39% : "We are aware that the administration will try to leave as difficult legacy in bilateral relations as possible for Trump and his team," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
26% : Trump added a new layer of doubt about future American support earlier this week when he appeared to sympathize with Putin's position that Ukraine should not be part of NATO.

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