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Putin defiant after Trump sanctions Russian oil majors over Ukraine
By Andrew Osborn, Jeff Mason and Timothy Gardner MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin remained defiant on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump hit Russia's two biggest oil companies with sanctions to pressure the Kremlin leader to end the war in Ukraine,

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Russia furious as Trump sanctions target the heart of Putin's war economy
Putin says U.S. sanctions are ‘serious’ but won’t make Russia stop war
Trump's turnaround on sanctions targets Russia's oil companies that fund the war in Ukraine
The U.S. and the European Union are hitting Russia with another round of sanctions, aiming to cut into oil and gas export earnings that fund Moscow's war against Ukraine.

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Putin breaks silence over 'unfriendly act' in chilling warning to Trump
Wetin we know about Trump new sanctions on Russia
Medvedev says Trump's actions are like an act of war against Russia
Medvedev said that the move of the "Trumpian pendulum" simply meant that Russia could now hammer Ukraine with a wide variety of weapons "without regard to unnecessary negotiations."

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‘Well-Targeted Decision’: Zelenskyy Says Trump's Sanctions On Russian Oil Giants 'Much-Needed'
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Trump hits Russia oil giants with sanctions, says Putin ‘not honest’ on Ukraine war

Putin defiant in response to U.S. sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized new U.S. sanctions against Russian oil companies but said they would not “significantly affect our economic wellbeing.” He also questioned President Trump’s decision to cancel a meeting in Hungary,

Putin deplores US sanctions as 'unfriendly' while EU joins in heaping restrictions on Russia

The European Union has heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry
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