The US Has Figured Out How To Get The Kremlin To Stop The War
18- 13.09.2025, 14:33
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Trump presented his idea to his allies.
The United States has announced an idea for new sanctions against Russia that could induce the Kremlin to make peace. The US plans to urge its G7 allies to impose a 100% tariff on China and India for buying Russian oil. The US will also urge its allies to impose sanctions against organizations that support Russia's military industry.
The Bloomberg reports. President Donald Trump said his patience with Putin is "rapidly running out" and threatened new economic sanctions. "It's going to hit very hard with sanctions on banks and oil and tariffs," he said in an interview.
The U.S. will also propose that the G7 countries create a legal path to seize immobilized sovereign Russian assets and consider seizing or using those assets to fund Ukraine's defense. The vast majority of Russia's roughly $300 billion in immobilized assets are in Europe.
India is now one of the largest buyers of Russian crude oil in Asia. Separately, U.S. officials have been discussing with their European counterparts the idea of gradually seizing frozen Russian assets to increase pressure on Moscow to negotiate, according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Canada, which chairs the G7, has called a meeting of the group's finance ministers to "discuss further measures to increase pressure on Russia and limit its military hardware," the statement said.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent echoed Trump's call for the group during this "emergency" G7 discussion: "If they are truly committed to ending the war in Ukraine, they should join the United States in imposing tariffs on countries that buy oil from Russia," the Treasury Department said in a statement.
The Treasury Department statement also said Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer welcomed the commitment to "explore the use of immobilized Russian sovereign assets to further improve Ukraine's defense."