Public sentiment towards US-Russia relations is overwhelmingly negative, expressing frustration with Trump's handling of NATO, skepticism towards sanctions, and a deep mistrust in U.S. motives. Many commenters feel the sanctions are ineffective and hypocritical, with significant calls for stronger, more decisive actions against Russia while prioritizing national interests and autonomy for countries like India. Escalating tensions invoke fears of larger conflicts, urging a shift towards diplomacy rather than aggression.

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Wow Lukashenko is just playing with the US. Guess what - by removing sanctions on belarus, you're de facto lifting sanctions on russia since they can now acquire spare parts for their aircraft through belarus.

Swimming_Average_561

JuicyTomat0

Yeah, we can't be trusted as allies right now. 

Current administration prefers Putin to Washington, let alone NATO.

MikeET86

One of most prominent prisoners, journalist, Andrzej Poczobut remains imprisoned. A potential positive development, Lukaszenko seems to be aware  that remaining within the Kremlin’s sphere of influence will inevitably lead to Belarus being incorporated into Russia

Simultaneously, Lukaszenko is already old and there are growing concerns that once he dies Moscow may attempt to tighten its grip and bring Belarus fully under its control.

One may wonder if he aims to follow the steps of Aliyev who decided to end his alliance with Russia. Poland (EU) and Ukraine may together become what Turkey is for Azerbaijan.

When it comes to Belavia, EU sanctions still stand - but these may not be relevant here. It is a small, local airline, yet it may be used as a proxy for Russian carriers to obtain critical parts (ekhm Boeing, PW, GE, Honeywall etc)

andrusbaun

Normalize relations with terrorists. So fucking stupid.

not_just_putin

WHAT????????????? NOW????????????????????????

Gullible-Medicine123

While trying to pressure EU to "tariff" China for business with russia? 
So coherent 🙃

DesignerGap0

Absolutely sickening to see as an American, I fucking hate this administration full of scum.

NormalDudeNotWeirdo

Congrats, US won't block you anymore, shame your drone BS made Poland and Baltics close their airspace for them xD

Adventurous_Touch342

I am ashamed to be American in 2025. Ja pierdole

BioExtract

Trump is a Russian asset. And the end game is coming

acdbddh

Wall, OK, but just fly around Poland eastern border.

niemacotuwpisac

As a Belarusian, fuck those incompetent idiots from the US. They exchanged one form of repression to another. Sure it’s better not to be in prison, but this exchange doesn’t seem worth lifting such important sanctions.

hellanoone

Kybernetiker

Very good idea if Belarus could be torn away from just being part of Russia

Sarmattius

I actually think this is good. 

Downvote me to hell, IDGAF!!!!!!!!!

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Submission Statement: Alexander Kolyandr discusses a significant shift in US policy towards Russia, as President Trump threatens to impose 100% tariffs on countries trading with Russia if a ceasefire is not reached within 50 days. This move contrasts with the previous lack of meaningful sanctions and raises questions about the effectiveness of the US sanctions regime, especially as Russian businesses adapt to existing restrictions. While the EU has taken the lead in imposing sanctions, the Kremlin remains defiant, and the potential impact of US tariffs on key trading partners like China and India complicates the situation further.

CEPAORG

At his request,  Russia helped  elect Trump in 2016 and again in 2024.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kxG8uJUsWU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kxG8uJUsWU)

  Trump has shown time and time again that he is a Russian asset.

Trump's threats are likely a diversion from the economic disaster the Republicans have created.

RobotAlbertross

Trump is a coward and Russias bitch. Russian markets skyrocketed after the threat because they know he is full of shit and won't lift a finger against Putin directly, and only sell weapons to Ukraine as Europe buys them because he is a slave to his infinite greed and to be seen by all as a money maker.


If he does any of these things they will politically and personally ruin him with the dirt Putin-daddy has. When Russia posts the facts he will call it fake news but the damage will be catastrophic. 

Illustrious_Ad_4558

And we all know that the first round of sanctions ended the war and created 1000 years of peace on earth.

Cultural-Flow7185

Trump is a gift for China. 

Antony Blinken said it best when liberation day tariffs were announced. 

Work with partners and allies to pressure China to come to the negotiating table to work out a favorable deal for US. 

Instead they went ahead and pissed off everybody who could have been in their camp and now China is the rational and preferred business partner. 

500% is just unserious. US nearly imploded with liberation day and the tariff war with China. 

Rn most tariffs are “delayed” to negotiate. From what I’ve heard the US delegation don’t even know what they’re negotiating for. 

So I see this as unserious as everything before. We’re just witnessing the fall of Rome 2.0.

porncollecter69

When it comes to Putin, Trump so far has been the dog that didn’t bark. Now he’s talking about sanctions, but he says so much self-contradictory stuff, I will believe it when I see it. 

If he wants to get serious, he should start by giving Ukraine the $300B the West holds in frozen Russian assets.

Widespreaddd

Lmao trump will never harm his great idol and big brother putin (even though technically putin is younger than him). That sanction is never going to come and senator graham is already satisfied as they did go for his bombardement run of iran.

Comfortable_Pea_1693

1) Trump is saying many things but what matters is whether he actually implements these and how these are implemented. A global 500% is very different from a partial 500%. The proposed bill was 500% on goods but also SERVICES, which would have a huge impact on India in particular.

And which countries does it apply to? The ones buying crude oil or/and the ones buy processed one? 

For crude oil, the targets would be China, India, EU and Turkey...

For oil products, Turkey, China, Brazil...

2) The reaction will depend on the impact, so who knows. 500% tariffs on everything will just push China to do an embargo on rare earths for example.

vorko_76

Trump is an idiot and he would face other problems if he brings back sanctions. so its a rhetorical question. (he has no chance to do it)

but for discussion and more simplicity: Let's say Taiwan was invaded by Japan, saying they have "historical claims"...

There is a high chance China would not agree and sanction Japan. (and send guns, etc.)

Should China put sanctions on countries that help Japan directly by keeping them alive with cheap oil to continue the war?

are sanctions on other countries justified in such case or what is the best way to stop others that support Japan?

ftrlvb

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I was curious to what this subreddit option on the news that the Trump administration is considering applying new sanctions on Russia by applying Sanctions/tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil.

As high as 500% on goods coming into the United States. I'm curious to what you think China and India's response will be if this bill makes it through Congress and is implemented into law. I'm interested in your thoughts and comments down below. 


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It’s a little bit unclear to me what they are sanctioning. 

What does “cracking down on a ‘shadow fleet’” mean?

Karma_Whoring_Slut

Doesn't the US already have over 700 sanctions on Russia? 

[https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/sanctions-by-the-numbers-russia](https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/sanctions-by-the-numbers-russia)

Browler_321

Trump has already sanctioned Russia to the beyond and back.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/on-the-record-the-u-s-administrations-actions-on-russia/

CptGoodAfternoon

I can’t even send mail to Russia! During the cold war I could send mail to them, although they probably wouldn’t get it. Now it’s blocked from OUR end last time I checked. Think about that!!!!

Ok_Motor_3069

&gt;They are the 17th set of European sanctions imposed on Russia since it invaded its neighbor in 2022, the E.U. said.

Will the 17th round finally mean they spend less on [Russian oil](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/24/eu-spends-more-russian-oil-gas-than-financial-aid-ukraine-report) than on Ukraine? 

Why the hell has the EU not been able or willing to stop these tankers from going through NATO patrolled [waters](https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fcms-image-bucket-production-ap-northeast-1-a7d2.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com%2Fimages%2F8%2F2%2F8%2F5%2F42085828-3-eng-GB%2FCropped-166236100920220905-European-map-with-Russian-oil-route-Map.png?width=780&amp;fit=cover&amp;gravity=faces&amp;dpr=2&amp;quality=medium&amp;source=nar-cms&amp;format=auto) for the last 3 years and 16 rounds of sanctions? lol. 

If you wrote a fictional geopolitical comedy about Europe's simultaneous self inflicted russian gas dependence, de-nuclearization, de-fracking, de-drilling, de-industrialization, de-militarization, islamification, mass rape gang denial, meme crackdowns, and other woke adventures the premise would be deemed too absurd. I don't know how this continent actually exists or is taken seriously. 

American oil production and LNG exports are doing more than all of the EU's fake sanctions put together to suppress Russia's income.

notapersonaltrainer

Britain and EU aren’t good examples for us to follow. I would’t do anything just because they do it. If it’s otherwise a good idea and gets us to the goal and is accidentally what they are doing, sure.

Why more sanctions? Russia is prospering despite the ones that are already in place, new ones are unlikely to be effective.

But can I just take a stand against sanctions in general? I think the only people who suffer are the general populace. Their leaders, in general, could care less and so they're not particularly effective.

I think the only example in recent memory of sanctions working is with Iran and it took so much human suffering to get that result that I think many or most that put those (any) sanctions on have blood on their hands.

Owbutter

That would definitely close the circle.  America was a major reason that the Ukraine/Russia war happened in the first place, helped fund it to keep it going, and was probably at least indirectly responsible for blowing up the Nordstream pipeline.  To then use all of those as reasons to then put sanctions on Russia would be classic textbook "America".

ClevelandSpigot

To what end? Russia is not going to give back territory until NATO retreats. It's an existential crisis for Russia.

mrhymer

Do they want to stop….buying Russian oil first? The EU gave Russia 18B for oil last year. One of their biggest customers. 

I think the EU should get its own house in order before asking us to help them with sanctions.

DidiGreglorius

Trump has already sanctioned Russia.  The rest of the world is finally following the lead.

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