The United States did not extend permission to calculate energy carriers with banks of the Russian Federation that fell under sanctions. According to Fox News, it is "negotiating tactics"

US President Donald Trump did not extend the license of the Ministry of Finance of the United States, which allowed foreign companies to conduct calculations for energy resources of the Russian Federation through Russian banks that fell under sanctions.

We are talking about the 8l General License ( PDF. ), Allowing transactions with several suction banks from the Russian Federation when calculating oil, gas, coal and other energy resources. Among such banks are Sber, VTB, Alfa-Bank and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. The document was issued by the US Presidential Administration Joe Biden. The validity of the document expired on March 12.

The fact that Trump did not extend the action of the document became known the day before. The White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt on the air of Fox News reported that the president, according to her information, did not extend the license. She promised to clarify the situation, but then there were no comments from the Trump administration.

On March 13, a representative of the US Treasury confirmed to Reuters that the license expired.

Fox News correspondent Edward Lawrence notes that now European countries will not be able to buy Russian energy resources. According to the source of the journalist, the non-proceeding license is a “negotiating tactic” to complete the Russian-Ukrainian war.

• According to Western publications, US officials are developing options for mitigating sanctions that were imposed against Russia after the start of a full -scale invasion of Ukraine. The main condition for weakening restrictions on the media sources call the consent of Russia to conclude a peace agreement with Ukraine. In the event of a Moscow unwillingness to terminate the fighting in Ukraine and negotiate with Kiev, US President Donald Trump threatened Russia with “large -scale sanctions”.