Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images; Manuel Augusto Moreno / Getty Images Russia Posts All-Time Record Oil Revenue and Fresh High for National Currency as Biden's Sanctions Prove Impotent Despite embargoes and sanctions placed on Russia, the Russian oil market and currency are holding up against pressure. By Abby Liebing June 14, 2022
Vahid Salemi / AP Iran and Venezuela Openly Violate US Sanctions; Sign 20-Year Cooperation Agreement 'The future of the world is one of equality and justice and standing up against imperialism,' Maduro said. By Andrew Jose June 13, 2022
AFP / Getty Images Russian Currency Surges to Highest Level in Years as Putin Starts Getting Exactly What He Wants Despite sanctions and Biden's promise to wreck the Russian economy, the ruble has actually become unprecedentedly stronger. By Abby Liebing May 20, 2022
Chip Somedevilla / Getty ImagesCommentary Biden Reversing US Policy Toward Socialist Dictatorships, But Look What's Happening in the Background Biden is looking to lift sanctions on Venezuela even though its president is an oppressive dictator the U.S. has previously condemned. By Abby Liebing May 18, 2022
Korean Central News Agency / Korea News Service via AP North Korea Warns a Preemptive Nuclear Strike Could Be Coming A world already on edge from Russia's invasion of Ukraine is now enduring some nuclear saber-rattling from North Korea's Kim Jong Un. By Brett Davis May 1, 2022
Patrick Pleul /AP European Union Official Already Targeting Elon Musk with Threat: 'It's Not Your Rules Which Will Apply Here' Now that Elon Musk owns Twitter, the EU just warned him that he will have play by their more restrictive rules for social media platforms. By Abby Liebing April 26, 2022
Mikhail Klimentyev - Sputnik - Kremlin Pool / AP Biden Administration Targets Putin's Children in New Round of Sanctions The U.S. along with its allies have slapped more sanctions on Russia, including on Putin's own daughters, for uncovered brutality in Ukraine. By Abby Liebing April 6, 2022
Mikhail Svetlov / Getty ImagesCommentary NATO Member Breaks with Biden on Russia: 'I Can't Leave My People in the Cold' Countries that depend on Russian energy are caught between a rock and a hard place if they follow Biden's sanctions against Putin. By Samantha Chang March 28, 2022
Lifestyle Travel Photo / Shutterstock; Brendan Smialowski - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Biden's Sanctions Backfire: He Admits We're All Now Headed for a Very Frightening Place Biden has finally acknowledged that his severe sanctions on Russia will come at a high price for the American people as well. By Warner Todd Huston March 26, 2022
The White House / YouTube screen shot Biden Snaps at Reporter Pressing Him on Sanctions: 'You're Playing a Game with Me' President Joe Biden got testy when CBS News reporter Christina Ruffini asked him about the effect of sanctions on Russia's Vladimir Putin. By Randy DeSoto March 25, 2022