U.S. officials are vague about when and how they might punish new Russian aggression. President Vladimir V. Putin may doubt their resolve.
Tag: Embargoes and Sanctions
Iran Rebuffs U.N. Watchdog on Resuming Nuclear Inspections
The head of the U.N. nuclear agency said Tehran continues to refuse to let it replace key monitoring equipment that tracks the country’s nuclear program.
Europe Adopts New Sanctions Against Belarus
A confrontation at the Polish-Belarusian border, a funeral for a dead Syrian boy trapped in between and a new round of E.U. sanctions mark the struggle with Aleksandr G. Lukashenko.
Migrants Say Belarusians Took Them to E.U. Border and Supplied Wire Cutters
Iraqi Kurds and other migrants said they were fleeing despair at home, but Belarus encouraged them, offering visas and helping them get to the border.
Migrant Crisis in Belarus Tests Putin’s Uneasy Alliance With Lukashenko
Last year Vladimir V. Putin helped save Aleksandr G. Lukashenko’s Belarusian regime. But Russia now has an ever-more-erratic ally and risks entanglement in a dangerous crisis.
In Border Crisis, Europe’s Unsavory Migration Deals Come Home
Europe has long paid other nations to keep refugees away from its borders. Now, Belarus wants something, too, and has brought migrants right to Europe’s door to get it.
Poland Gets Support From Europe on Tough Borders
Faced with the weaponization of migrants from Belarus, the European Union is defending Poland’s hard line even as it withholds funds over rule of law violations.
Weapons Tracing Study Implicates Russia in Ukraine Conflict
One of the most comprehensive studies to date of weaponry in the war in Ukraine shows a panoply of Russian-supplied arms that has helped fuel the war.
Rivals on World Stage, Russia and U.S. Quietly Seek Areas of Accord
There have been a series of beneath-the-surface meetings between the two countries as the Biden administration applies a more sober approach to relations with the Kremlin.
G20 Agenda Includes Nuclear Impasse With Iran
Biden administration officials have suggested that time is running out to salvage the 2015 accord under which Iran sharply curtailed its nuclear activities.