Enter Donald Trump. The new US president could call on Opec. He can pledge to ratchet up oil sanctions on Russia to the point where their impact becomes more acute: these would target not only producers, but refiners, ports, insurers and the shadow fleet. He can also apply more political pressure on China, India and Turkey to support compliance.

Russia is waiting for signals from Washington to commence highly anticipated peace negotiations to end the war with Ukraine.

Zelenskyy made these comments during an interview with Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for the newspaper Il Foglio. “I'm still very curious about what [Russian dictator Vladimir] Putin and [former U.S.

President Donald Trump has taken a harder line with Russian President Vladimir Putin than many in Ukraine expected, pressuring him to reach a deal with Ukraine to end the war.

Russia's leader Vladimir Putin on Friday said he was "ready to work together" with U.S. President Donald Trump on Ukraine. Read more here.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Lomonosov Moscow State ... saying he would ask the OPEC cartel to "bring down the cost of oil." "That will end the war. You could end the war," he ...

Trump said he planned to ask the oil cartel to lower prices, which he said would lead to a swift end to Russia's war in Ukraine.

Thursday President Trump called on OPEC to lower global oil prices ... Trump has taken a harder line with Russian President Vladimir Putin than many in Ukraine expected, pressuring him to reach ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is "ready for negotiations" with U.S. President Donald Trump about how to end the war in Ukraine.

The US president had earlier said Russian President Vladimir Putin 'should make a deal' with Ukraine while asserting that they would meet as soon as they can.

Trump also stated that he does not want to harm Russia but would have no choice but to impose“high taxes, tariffs, and sanctions” on Russian goods if Moscow refuses to agree to a peace deal on Ukraine. Later, Trump expressed his desire to meet with Vladimir Putin as soon as possible to work toward ending Russia's war against Ukraine.