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🤔 Putin declared Easter truce, Kremlin says.

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Путин объявил пасхальное перемирие с 16:00 11 апреля до исхода дня 12 апреля.

🕊️ The Kremlin announced an Easter truce from the evening of April 11 until the end of the day on April 12. The Ukrainian side has not commented yet.

❗️Путин объявил пасхальное перемирие с 16 часов 11 апреля до конца 12 апреля.

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❗️BREAKING: Russia announced a temporary Easter ceasefire from April 11 to April 12, ordering a halt to combat operations across all fronts. Military command has been instructed to suspend hostilities while remaining ready to respond to any actions, and Moscow called on Ukraine to follow suit.

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The administration of US President Donald Trump is likely to extend this week the exemptions from sanctions on Russian oil, Semafor reports, citing former State Department and Treasury officials.

In March, the US Treasury Department allowed the sale of Russian and Iranian oil already loaded on tankers at sea until April 11 and 19, respectively. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued that this would stabilize the energy market, which had been affected by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and reduce prices, while limiting profits for the aggressors.

“Almost a month later, experts point out that there is insufficient evidence that these steps have had a significant impact on reducing prices, except for temporarily reassuring investors.

The expansion of the pool of buyers of Russian and Iranian oil has allowed countries to set higher prices, thanks to which Russia sometimes earned an additional $150 million per day. Meanwhile, most of the Iranian oil was already on its way to China,” the report says.

About a dozen former sanctions officials told reporters that the Trump administration intends to extend the exemptions first for Russian oil and then for Iranian oil.

“I find it hard to imagine a world in which the Trump administration would crack down again on Russian oil, at least between now and the midterm elections,” said Edward Fishman, author of Chokepoints, who worked on sanctions in the State Department and Treasury Department under President Barack Obama.

Experts interviewed for the report note that during Trump’s second term, sanctions have shifted from being a punitive tool to one used to temporarily calm markets. Even if Iran follows through on its promise to temporarily open the Strait of Hormuz, the administration could still benefit from extending the exemptions.

“I don’t really like it. If it’s a temporary stopgap, I understand why the administration has to do it — but in the long run, it’s not good,” Republican Senator Tom Tillis of North Carolina told Semafor.

Experts expect Trump to remain skeptical of sanctions, and the Republican-controlled Congress is unlikely to offer much resistance. In his foreign policy, the US president is expected to rely more on tariffs and limited military operations than on sanctions.

Some experts welcome the flexibility the US is showing in wartime. Others suggest the administration may lack a long-term strategy beyond providing short-term relief to markets.

The Treasury Department told reporters that “the Trump administration will continue to use America’s economic tools and military might to maximize the world’s energy supply, strengthen global supplies, and hold the Iranian regime accountable.”

Интересно, что 31 марта пресс-секретарь президента Дмитрий Песков заявлял, что Киев отчаянно нуждается в любом перемирии из-за ситуации на фронте.

"Киевский режим отчаянно нуждается в перемирии, любом перемирии, потому что динамика на фронтах, которая, кстати, мониторится не только нашими специалистами, но и зарубежными, свидетельствует о том, что российские войска где-то быстрее, где-то медленнее, но по всей линии фронта продвигаются вперед", - заявил Песков.

Аналогичную мысль высказывал посол по особым поручениям МИД России Родион Мирошник, заявивший, что Украине сейчас нужна любая передышка, но она им не обломится.

"Уставшим карателям сейчас любая передышка важна, но не обломится", - написал Мирошник.

Видимо, отчаянно нуждающемуся в перемирии Киеву все же взяло да обломилось. Естественно, целых полтора дня перемирия погоды не сделают и это сугубо политическая акция на внешнего наблюдателя. Но это также очередной показатель, что не надо бежать впереди паровоза с грозными реляциями, чтобы потом не выглядеть глупо.

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