""You have to know that we're going to make a deal. I'm not going to be wasting my time," Trump told reporters on Air Force One on October 25 during a stop in Doha en route to Asia. "I've always had a great relationship with Vladimir Putin, but this has been very disappointing. I thought this would have gotten done before peace in the Middle East," he added."
"Meanwhile, Reuters quoted a US official and another person familiar with the matter as saying Trump's administration has prepared an additional series of sanctions against Russia's economy that could be imposed if Putin refuses to reach a peace deal. However, Reuters quoted an unidentified senior US official as saying Trump would prefer to have European nations make the next big move against the Kremlin - either in the form of additional sanctions or tariffs."
"The United States sent shockwaves across global energy markets on October 22 when it said it was sanctioning state-controlled Rosneft and privately owned LUKoil -- Russia's two largest oil companies, whose exports go a long way toward filling the Kremlin's coffers used to fund the war. A day later, the European Union targeted Rosneft and Gazpromneft, another major oil company that is a subsidiary of state-controlled gas giant Gazprom."
President Donald Trump said he will not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin unless Putin is ready to make a deal to end the war in Ukraine, saying he will not 'be wasting my time.' The administration has prepared an additional series of sanctions against Russia's economy that could be imposed if Putin refuses a peace deal. The United States sanctioned state-controlled Rosneft and privately owned LUKoil, and Trump called those measures 'tremendous.' The European Union targeted Rosneft and Gazpromneft. Maria Shagina of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Berlin said the sanctions represent the first significant measures by the administration and reflect frustration with Russia's stalling tactics.
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