White House explains why Trump imposed sanctions on Russia now

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt explained at a Thursday briefing that the US has imposed sanctions on Russia's oil sector due to Russia's lack of interest in peace.

Source: White House briefing, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Leavitt said Trump "has always maintained that he would implement sanctions on Russia when he felt it was appropriate and necessary, and yesterday was that day."

Quote: "I think the President has also long expressed his frustration with Vladimir Putin and, frankly, with both sides of this war.

He has always said in order to negotiate a good peace deal, both sides need to be interested in a good peace deal. And he feels as though, unfortunately, from the Russian side as of late, he has not seen enough interest or enough action in terms of moving the ball forward towards peace."

Background:

• The US imposed measures this week targeting two of Russia's largest oil companies.
• The sanctions involve freezing all US-based assets of Rosneft and Lukoil and prohibit all US companies from conducting any business with these Russian firms.
• Some Chinese state-owned oil giants have suspended their purchases of seaborne Russian oil following the US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil.

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