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Posted on 07/29/2025 10:54:53 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
United States President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that his new deadline for Russia to reach an agreement with Ukraine is ten days from today.
"Ten days from today ... and then, you know, we're going to put on tariffs and stuff, and I don't know if it's going to affect Russia, because he [Russian President Vladimir Putin] wants to obviously, probably, keep the war going, but we're going to put on tariffs and the various things that you put on. It may or may not affect them, but it could," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on his way back from Scotland.
More to come...
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Putin does what he wants. What he wants is to destroy Ukraine's military, he thinks it's an existential threat to Russia.
Let’s see a ten-day deadline for releasing the Epstein list.
Trump has to be disappointed that Putin won’t take his bait and be Joe Frazier so he can be Muhammad Ali with all the trash talking back at him.
As part of its enforcement efforts, OFAC publishes a list of individuals and companies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, targeted countries. It also lists individuals, groups, and entities, such as terrorists and narcotics traffickers designated under programs that are not country-specific. Collectively, such individuals and companies are called “Specially Designated Nationals” or “SDNs.” Their assets are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.
https://sanctionslist.ofac.treas.gov/Home/SdnList
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These people must work as hard as marcusmaximus:
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Trump has no cards now, just like Zelinski.
“but Ivan is not concerned…”
ROTFLMAO!
“Vlads objectives are being met.”
VLAD’s objective was to take Kiev in three days but he used an old, failed war plane and Zelensky outsmarted him!
Trump doesn't play cards, unless he is holding the trump cards. The fact that he shortened the deadline is an indication that he is going to bring the hammer down. Everyone including Putin should know by now that Trump doesn't bluff. The clock is ticking.
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VTB Bank (Russian: ПАО Банк ВТБ, lit. ‘PJSC Bank VTB’; formerly known as Vneshtorgbank, Внешторгбанк, lit. ‘International Trade Bank’) is a Russian majority state-owned bank headquartered in various federal districts of Russia; its legal address is registered as St. Petersburg. As of 2022, over 90% of the company’s capital stock was owned by three Russian agencies.
VTB Bank and its subsidiaries form VTB Group – a leading Russian financial group uniting VTB banks located in different countries and offering a wide range of corporate banking services and products in Russia, CIS, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the US. As of April 2025, VTB had a Chinese subsidiary which operated a branch in Shanghai.
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In March 2022 VTB, along with other Russian lenders, was delisted from the SWIFT transaction system, as punishment for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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On 29 July 2014, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published that the Bank of Moscow and VTB Bank OJSC, the second-largest bank in Russia, has been added to the Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List.
On 31 July 2014, VTB Bank and its subsidiaries was added to the European Union sanctions list due to its role in the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation that same year and the United Kingdom list from 1 August.
On 6 August 2014, VTB was added to the Canadian sanctions list due to its role in the Russo-Ukrainian War and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
On 13 August 2014, the United States clarifies entities under sectoral sanctions. United States increased its sectoral sanctions on VTB Bank together with its subsidiaries (“the VTB Group”) and the Bank of Moscow through its parent bank, VTB Bank OAO, and other entities that VTB has 50 percent or greater ownership either individually or in the aggregate, either directly or indirectly. Also, US persons cannot use a third-party intermediary, and they must use caution during “transactions with a non-blocked entity in which one or more blocked persons has a significant ownership interest that is less than 50 percent or which one or more blocked persons may control by means other than a majority ownership interest”.
On 1 September 2014, VTB was added to the Australian autonomous sanctions list for Russia, Crimea, and Sevastopol.
On 12 September 2014, the United States issues a consolidated listing of directives associated with Executive Order 13662 sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian war. For the Russian financial sector, Directive 1 was amended to increase the financial sanctions on the Russian financial sector for “all transactions in, provision of financing for, and other dealings” in new equity or new debt issued on or after 12 September 2014 to longer than 30 days maturity. New equity or new debt issued from 29 July 2018 until 12 September 2018 was sanctioned if longer than 90 days maturity.
In 2015, the banks’ chief Executive Andrei Kostin predicted loses for the bank in the years to come because of the plunging ruble accelerated by international sanctions.
On 15 March 2017, Ukraine imposed sanctions against VTB Bank and subsidiaries because of the ongoing Russian interference in Ukraine.
On 28 November 2017, the United States increases the Executive Order 13662 sanctions to the Russian financial sector. For the Russian financial sector, Directive 1 was amended to increase the financial sanctions on the Russian financial sector for “all transactions in, provision of financing for, and other dealings” in new equity or new debt issued on or after 28 November 2017 to longer than 14 days maturity. New equity or new debt issued from 12 September 2014 until 28 November 2017 was sanctioned if longer than 30 days maturity.
On 27 November 2018, the National Bank of Ukraine declares the Ukrainian subsidiary of VTB Bank insolvent due to its declining liquidity and worsening financial position.
On 25 June 2020 European Court of Justice rejected VTB and Sberbank bank’s 2014 lawsuit against EU sectoral sanctions citing that regulators were within their aims of “imposing a cost on the Russian government” because of the latter’s actions in Ukraine. The court specified that ambiguity in some language versions of the regulation (that the bank argued were wrongly applied) doesn’t prevent the court interpeting that section in a way best suited to the general purpose of the legislation, and precedent.
In February 2022, amid the Russo–Ukrainian crisis, US and EU officials were reportedly finalizing an extensive package of sanctions on VTB bank and other related Russian entities. On 24 February, after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, US president Joe Biden and British prime minister Boris Johnson announced new sanctions against VTB bank and its directors, along with other Russian individuals and companies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTB_Bank
“VLAD’s objective was to take Kiev in three days but he used an old, failed war plane and Zelensky outsmarted him!”
Ukraine might have had 500,000 men under arms.
Putin sent in 80,000 invaders.
Guess the logical result.
Bessent called Biden’s sanctions on Russia “lazy”.
“What he wants is to destroy Ukraine’s military, he thinks it’s an existential threat to Russia.”
Killing off the young men of Ukraine is the only real leverage Putin can exert on Ukraine.
A major factor that has enabled the Russian war machine’s continued financing was the Biden administration’s egregiously weak sanctions on Russian energy. Stemming from worries about upward pressure on US energy prices during an election season. In a craven political move, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, raised the Russian sanctions on the way out the door in January. What was the point of substantial U.S. military and financial support over the past three years, without a commensurate and fulsome sanction support.
This administration has kept the enhanced sanctions in place and will not hesitate to go all in should it provide leverage in peace negotiations. Per President Trump’s guidance, sanctions will be used explicitly and aggressively for immediate maximum impact. They will be carefully monitored to ensure that they are achieving specific objectives.
Last month, the White House announced its maximum pressure campaign on Iran designed to collapse its already buckling economy. The Iranian economy is in disarray; 35% official inflation, has a currency that has depreciated 60% in the last 12 months, and an ongoing energy crisis. I know a few things about currency devaluations, and if I were an Iranian, I would get all of my money out of the Rial now.
This precarious state exists before our Maximum Pressure campaign, designed to collapse Iranian oil exports from the current 1.5-1.6, million barrels per day, back to the trickle they were when President Trump left office.
Iran has developed a complex shadow network of financial facilitators and black-market oil shippers via a ghost fleet to sell oil, petrochemical and other commodities to finance its exports and generate hard currency.
As such, we have elevated a sanctions campaign against this export infrastructure, targeting all stages of Iran’s oil supply chain. We have coupled this with vigorous government engagement and private sector outreach.
We will close off Iran’s access to the international financial system by targeting regional parties that facilitate the transfer of its revenues. Treasury is prepared to engage in frank discussions with these countries. We are going to shut down Iran’s oil sector and drone manufacturing capabilities.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0045
What’s the Farsi equivalent of ‘uncle’?
Tell your mom to tell you to tell Tucker to tell Jake Tapper to tell Nicolle Wallace to tell Megyn Kelly to tell The Putin to tell Melania to tell Trump to tell Khamenei to tell Netanyahu to tell Macron to tell Starmer to tell Giorgia Meloni to tell Angela Merkel to tell Jill Biden to tell Barack Obama to tell Lindsey Graham to tell Kaja Kallas to tell Friedrich Merz to tell Lukashenko to tell Ursula von der Leyen to tell Little Zelya to surrender.
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“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Remarks at the Economic Club of New York”
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Hungover YouTube expert? Tell him to get some sleep and not to drink so much! Lol!
The the USA should de-list all Chicom companies from all
USA exchanges and from anywhere else worldwide.
Then boot out all of the Chi-Com "students" and "tourists"
from America. Let us see who crashes first.
“Guess the logical result.”
Zelensky outsmarted dumb Vlad.
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