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Due to Donald Trump’s sanctions, almost all major Russian banks, as well as the Central Bank and Moscow Exchange, are now under a complete international blockade. No one, including EU countries, will be able to buy Russian oil without the threat of falling under secondary sanctions.

The USA tightens sanctions against the oil and gas and banking sectors of Russia, reports CBS News with reference to four sources.

According to the TV channel, it is assumed that the access of the Russian Federation to the payment systems of the USA will be restricted even more.
Donald Trump will not extend the exemptions introduced by Joe Biden from the sanctions regime against Russian banks, oil and gas.

The administration of the President of the USA, Donald Trump, does not intend to extend the exemptions from the sanctions imposed against Russia due to the war in Ukraine, in the banking and oil and gas spheres. Thus, the sanctions regime against Moscow will actually be tightened, reports CBS with reference to four interlocutors familiar with the plans of the Trump administration, on Thursday, March 13.

It follows from the message that the Ministry of Finance of the USA did not extend the 60-day exception introduced by Joe Biden’s administration in January 2025, which allowed certain operations to continue with the participation of Russian sub-sanctioned banks in the energy sector. In particular, Vnesheconombank, Otkritie bank, Sovkombank, Sberbank, VTB bank, Alfa-Bank, Central Bank of Russia and many others fell under restrictions. All of them will be denied access to American payment systems for conducting energy operations.

Edward Lawrence, the Fox News correspondent in the White House, wrote in his X account with a reference to the source that because of the new restrictive measures, no European country will be able to buy oil from Russia without risking falling under US sanctions. “A source familiar with this step says that the administration is focused on ending hostilities and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. <…> The United States will continue to apply sanctions, which remain one of the key levers to achieve this goal,” he explained.