It's great to see you, and welcome to Bloomberg TV and radio. Thank you for having me. As a member of the EU, as a NATO member, are you encouraged or discouraged by this never ending series of talks with Russia.We have to be optimistic. It's an imperative of the diplomatic world these days. But Romania's stance has been very clear from the beginning of the war and will continue to be clear.We need to both increase the support for Ukraine to have the resilience that they need through this process, especially ...

The mood in Thran is tense. The country is only just coming back to life. People cautiously returning to the streets.Last month, hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators tried to overthrow the Islamic government that has ruled Iran since 1979. But the protests were violently suppressed. The Iranian government claims it faced an armed rebellion fermented by US and Israeli intelligence.The government says 3,117 people were killed, including hundreds of security forces. Activists and human rights ...

Sanctions sank a Lukoil-linked grain trader before it could get going https://t.co/AemivK7gUh ...

The European Union has proposed new Russian sanctions that would replace its price cap on Russian oil with a ban on maritime services, while also barring imports of some metals, chemicals and critical minerals https://t.co/9MvNKlOaMa ...

Sanctions are meant to choke off oil supply, but a hidden fleet is covertly keeping prices lower than they should be. The shadow fleet is a concealed network of tankers that moves sanctioned oil. The vessels operate by obscuring locations, routes, and even ownership.This keeps elicit crude flowing despite enforcement pressure. The shadow fleet can also be referred to as the dark fleet because the vessels turn off their locations to hide their illegal activity. That could be going to a port to either fill th ...

Buyers of Russian and Iranian oil are switching to non-sanctioned alternatives. That has big implications for the price of crude, writes @JavierBlas (via @opinion) https://t.co/0ImIEvq0pA ...

Sanctions are meant to choke off oil supply, but a hidden fleet is covertly keeping prices lower than they should be. The shadow fleet is a concealed network of tankers that move sanctioned oil. The vessels operate by obscuring locations, routes and even ownership.This keeps illicit crude flowing despite enforcement pressure. The shadow fleet can also be referred to as the dark fleet, because the vessels turn off their locations to hide their illegal activity. That could be going to a port to either fill th ...

Talks on a peace deal for Ukraine are set to resume Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, but in Brussels attention is already turning to its next sanctions package against Russia https://t.co/br0HOgepOC ...

The European Union is considering to ban Russian imports of several platinum group metals and copper as part of new sanctions targeting Moscow for its war against Ukraine https://t.co/MjeP1v5X9Y ...

Germany’s federal prosecutor ordered the arrest of five men for allegedly exporting goods worth at least €30 million ($36 million) to Russia in breach of EU sanctions https://t.co/njBjg8KYbD ...