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The Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) is a United States federal law that imposed sanctions on Iran, North Korea, and Russia.^[1]

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Acts of the 115th United States Congress
Sanctions against Iran
Sanctions against North Korea
Sanctions against Russia
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Abbas Araghchi

Sayyid Abbas Araghchi (سید عباس عراقچی,; born 5 December 1962 in Tehran) is an Iranian diplomat who is the former political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran from 2017 to 2021.

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Anadolu Agency

Anadolu Agency (Anadolu Ajansı,; abbreviated AA) is a state-run news agency headquartered in Ankara, Turkey.

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Anti-Russian sentiment

Anti-Russian sentiment or Russophobia is dislike or fear or hatred of Russia, Russian people, or Russian culture.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Australian Strategic Policy Institute

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) is a defence and strategic policy think tank based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, founded by the Australian government, and funded by the Australian Department of Defence along with overseas governments, and defence and technology companies.

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Ben Cardin

Benjamin Louis Cardin (born October 5, 1943) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2007.

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Beneficial ownership

In domestic and international commercial law, a beneficial owner is a natural person or persons who ultimately owns or controls an interest in a legal entity or arrangement, such as a company, a trust, or a foundation.

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Bloomberg L.P.

Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News (originally Bloomberg Business News) is an international news agency headquartered in New York City and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg.com, and Bloomberg's mobile platforms.

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Bob Menendez

Robert Menendez (born January 1, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2006.

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Brigitte Zypries

Brigitte Zypries (born 16 November 1953) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Central Military Commission (China)

The Central Military Commission (CMC) is the highest national defense organization in the People's Republic of China, which heads the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the People's Armed Police (PAP), and the Militia of China.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.

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CNBC

CNBC is an American business news channel owned by NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of Comcast's NBCUniversal.

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Congress.gov

Congress.gov is the online database of United States Congress legislative information.

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Daniel Fried

Daniel Fried (born 1952) is an American diplomat, who served as assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs from 2005 to 2009 and United States ambassador to Poland from 1997 to 2000.

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Defence Industry Agency

In Turkey, Defence Industry Agency (Savunma Sanayii Başkanlığı (SSB)); formerly Presidency of Defence Industries and Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) before that, is a civil institution established by the government to manage the Defence industry of Turkey and the supply of military technology.

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Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act

The Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act, known by the acronym DASKA,. Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act and Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act are Russia–United States relations, sanctions against Russia, sanctions legislation and United States sanctions.

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Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act

The Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act, known by the acronym DETER, aims to impose sanctions, including new blocking and secondary sanctions, on foreign (primarily, Russian) governments and persons that interfere in any U.S. federal election. Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act and Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act are Russia–United States relations, sanctions legislation and United States sanctions.

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Defense News

Defense News is a website and newspaper about the politics, business, and technology of national security published by Sightline Media Group.

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Director of National Intelligence

The director of national intelligence (DNI) is a senior cabinet-level United States government official, required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to serve as executive head of the United States Intelligence Community (IC) and to direct and oversee the National Intelligence Program (NIP).

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Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

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Ed Royce (politician)

Edward Randall Royce (born October 12, 1951) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1993 to 2019.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Embassy of the United States, Moscow

The Embassy of the United States of America in Moscow (Посольство СоединенныхШтатов Америки, Москва) is the diplomatic mission of the United States of America in the Russian Federation. Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act and Embassy of the United States, Moscow are Russia–United States relations.

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Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission

The Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission is a major unit of deputy theater grade under the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China.

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European Commission

The European Commission (EC) is the primary executive arm of the European Union (EU).

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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European Union–United States relations

Relations between the European Union and the United States began in 1953, when US diplomats visited the European Coal and Steel Community (the EU precursor, created in 1951) in addition to the national governments of its six founding countries (Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany). Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act and European Union–United States relations are United States–European Union relations.

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Executive (government)

The executive, also referred to as the juditian or executive power, is that part of government which executes the law; in other words, directly makes decisions and holds power.

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Extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) is the legal ability of a government to exercise authority beyond its normal boundaries.

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Federal Foreign Office

The Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), abbreviated AA, is the foreign ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany, a federal agency responsible for both the country's foreign policy and its relationship with the European Union.

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Federal Register

The Federal Register (FR or sometimes Fed. Reg.) is the official journal of the federal government of the United States that contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices.

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Federal Security Service

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB or FSS) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB; its immediate predecessor was the Federal Counterintelligence Service (FSK) which was reorganized into the FSB in 1995.

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Fighter aircraft

Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat.

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Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.

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Fox News

The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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France 24

France 24 (vingt-quatre in French) is a French publicly-funded international news television network based in Paris.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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GRU (Russian Federation)

The Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,r formerly the Main Intelligence Directorate,(p) and still commonly known by its previous abbreviation GRU,p, is the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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Handelsblatt

The Handelsblatt (literally "commerce paper" in English) is a German-language business newspaper published in Düsseldorf by Handelsblatt Media Group, formerly known as Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt.

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Harvard Law Review

The Harvard Law Review is a law review published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.

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Heather Nauert

Heather Ann Nauert (born January 27, 1970) is an American broadcast journalist and former government official who served as Spokesperson for the United States Department of State in the Donald Trump administration from 2017 to 2019.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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India–United States relations

Relations between India and the United States date back to India's independence movement and have continued well after independence from the United Kingdom in 1947.

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International law

International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards that states and other actors feel an obligation to obey in their mutual relations and generally do obey.

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International sanctions

International sanctions are political and economic decisions that are part of diplomatic efforts by countries, multilateral or regional organizations against states or organizations either to protect national security interests, or to protect international law, and defend against threats to international peace and security.

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International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War

International sanctions have been imposed against Russia and Crimea during the Russo-Ukrainian War by a large number of countries, including the United States, Canada, the European Union, and international organisations following the Russian annexation of Crimea, which began in late February 2014. Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act and international sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War are sanctions against Russia.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Iran–United States relations

Iran and the United States have had no formal diplomatic relations since 7 April 1980.

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ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute

The ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute is a research institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore.

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Jean-Claude Juncker

Jean-Claude Juncker (born 9 December 1954) is a Luxembourgish politician who was the 23rd prime minister of Luxembourg from 1995 to 2013 and 12th president of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019.

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Jim Mattis

James Norman Mattis (born September 8, 1950) is an American military veteran who served as the 26th United States secretary of defense from 2017 to 2019.

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Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021.

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John Cornyn

John Cornyn III (born February 2, 1952) is an American politician, attorney, and former jurist serving as the senior United States senator from Texas, a seat he has held since 2002.

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John McCain

John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018.

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John Thune

John Randolph Thune (born January 7, 1961) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Dakota, a seat he has held since 2005.

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Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA; barnāmeye jāme'e eqdāme moshtarak (برجام, BARJAM)), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran deal, is an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program reached in Vienna on 14 July 2015, between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council—China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, United States—plus Germany) together with the European Union. Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act and Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action are Iran–United States relations, Russia–United States relations and United States–European Union relations.

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Joko Widodo

Joko Widodo (born Mulyono, 21 June 1961), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the seventh president of Indonesia.

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Kommersant

(Коммерсантъ,, The Businessman or Commerce Man, often shortened to Ъ) is a nationally distributed daily newspaper published in Russia mostly devoted to politics and business.

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Korean Central News Agency

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) is the state news agency of North Korea.

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Li Shangfu

Li Shangfu (born February 1958) is a Chinese aerospace engineer and former military administrator.

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Liquefied natural gas

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport.

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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, stealth multirole combat aircraft designed for air superiority and strike missions; it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities.

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Mark Warner

Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Virginia, a seat he has held since 2009.

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Middle East Institute

The Middle East Institute (MEI) is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank and cultural centre in Washington, D.C., founded in 1946.

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Mike Pompeo

Michael Richard Pompeo (born December 30, 1963) is an American politician who served in the administration of Donald Trump as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2017 to 2018 and as the 70th United States secretary of state from 2018 to 2021.

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MIM-104 Patriot

The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states.

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vezārat-e Omūr-e Khārejeh) is an Iranian government ministry headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is a member of cabinet.

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Missile defense

Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and also the destruction of attacking missiles.

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Mueller special counsel investigation

The Robert Mueller special counsel investigation was an investigation into 45th U.S. president Donald Trump regarding Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and was conducted by special prosecutor Robert Mueller from May 2017 to March 2019.

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National Archives and Records Administration

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government within the executive branch, charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records.

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The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is any of a series of United States federal laws specifying the annual budget and expenditures of the U.S. Department of Defense.

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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA 2020) is a United States federal law which specifies the budget, expenditures and policies of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for fiscal year 2020. Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 are Russia–United States relations, sanctions against Russia, sanctions legislation, United States sanctions and United States–European Union relations.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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NEWSru

NEWSru.com was a Russian independent online news site based in Moscow that was generally critical of the Russian government.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.

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Nord Stream 1

Nord Stream (German–English mixed expression for "North Stream 1"; translit) is a pair of offshore natural gas pipelines in Europe that run under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany.

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Nord Stream 2

Nord Stream 2 (German–English mixed expression for "North Stream 2"; Северный поток — 2) is a natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany running through the Baltic Sea, financed by Gazprom and several European energy companies.

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North Korea

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia.

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North Korea–United States relations

Relations between North Korea and the United States have been historically hostile.

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Office of Inspector General (United States)

In the United States, Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency.

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Olaf Scholz

Olaf Scholz (born) is a German politician who has been the chancellor of Germany since 8 December 2021.

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Party leaders of the United States Senate

The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and people of the party leadership of the United States Senate.

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Petroleum industry in Iran

Iran is an energy superpower and the petroleum industry in Iran plays an important part in it.

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Presidency of Barack Obama

Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017.

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Presidential memorandum

A presidential memorandum is a type of directive issued by the president of the United States to manage and govern the actions, practices, and policies of the various departments and agencies found under the executive branch of the United States government.

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Prime Minister of Russia

The chairman of the government of the Russian Federation, also informally known as the prime minister, is the head of government of Russia and the second highest ranking political office in Russia.

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Randall Schriver

Randall G. Schriver (born 1967), also known as Randy Schriver, is the Chairman of the Project 2049 Institute, and previously served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs in the United States government.

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Richard Grenell

Richard Allen Grenell (born September 18, 1966) is an American political operative, diplomat, TV personality, and public relations consultant who served as Acting Director of National Intelligence in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet in 2020.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Russia in the European energy sector

Russia supplies a significant volume of fossil fuels to other European countries.

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Russia-24

Russia-24 (Rossiya-24) is a state-owned Russian-language news channel from Russia.

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Russia–United States relations

Russia and the United States maintain one of the most important, critical, and strategic foreign relations in the world.

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Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections

The Russian government was one of several foreign governments that interfered in the 2016 United States elections, with the goals of sabotaging the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, boosting the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, and increasing political and social discord in the United States. Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act and Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections are Russia–United States relations.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.

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Russian oligarchs

Russian oligarchs (oligarkhi) are business oligarchs of the former Soviet republics who rapidly accumulated wealth in the 1990s via the Russian privatisation that followed the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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S-400 missile system

The S-400 Triumf (C-400 Триумф – Triumf; translation: Triumph; NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler), previously known as the S-300 PMU-3, is a mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed in the 1990s by Russia's NPO Almaz as an upgrade to the S-300 family of missiles. The S-400 was approved for service on 28 April 2007 and the first battalion of the systems assumed combat duty on 6 August 2007.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Sergey Lavrov

Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Сергей Викторович Лавров; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has served as the foreign minister of Russia since 2004.

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Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9, 1952) is an American politician who is the senior United States senator from Ohio, a seat which he has held since 2007.

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Signing statement

A signing statement is a written pronouncement issued by the President of the United States upon the signing of a bill into law.

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State-owned enterprise

A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business entity which is established and/or owned by a national or state/provincial government, by an executive order or an act of legislation, in order to earn profit for the government, control monopoly of the private sector over means of production, provide commodities to citizens at a lower price, implement government policies, and/or to deliver products and services to remote locations that otherwise have trouble attracting private vendors.

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Steven Mnuchin

Steven Terner Mnuchin (born December 21, 1962) is an American investment banker and film producer who served as the 77th United States secretary of the treasury as part of the Cabinet of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021.

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Stratfor

Strategic Forecasting Inc., commonly known as Stratfor, is an American strategic intelligence publishing company founded in 1996.

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Sukhoi Su-35

The Sukhoi Su-35 (Сухой Су-35; NATO reporting name: Flanker-E/M)|group.

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Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014

The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 is an American Act of Congress that provides Ukraine with loan guarantees of up to $1 billion in response to the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act and Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 are United States foreign relations legislation.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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TASS

The Russian News Agency TASS, or simply TASS, is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904.

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The Daily Beast

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The Diplomat

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The Guardian

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The Hill (newspaper)

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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The Independent

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The New York Times

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The Pyongyang Times

The Pyongyang Times is a weekly state-controlled English and French-language newspaper published in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, by the Foreign Languages Publishing House.

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The Times of India

The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.

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The World's Billionaires

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Turkey

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Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014

Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 is a United States law enacted by the 113th Congress to address the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act and Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 are Russia–United States relations and United States foreign relations legislation.

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United States Army

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United States Department of Defense

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United States Government Publishing Office

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United States House Committee on Armed Services

The U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee or HASC, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House Committee on Financial Services

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United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs

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United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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United States House Committee on Ways and Means

The Committee on Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House of Representatives

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United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), also known as the House Intelligence Committee, is a committee of the United States House of Representatives, currently chaired by Mike Turner.

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United States sanctions

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United States sanctions against Iran

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United States Senate

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USA Today

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Veto power in the United States

In the United States, the president can use the veto power to prevent a bill passed by the Congress from becoming law.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.

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Vladivostok

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Washington, D.C.

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Whitehouse.gov

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Yahoo! News

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Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River between the Volga-Ural region and Siberia, with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration.

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Zivotofsky v. Kerry

Zivotofsky v. Kerry, 576 U.S. 1 (2015), is a United States Supreme Court decision that held that the president, as head of the executive branch, has exclusive power to recognize (or not recognize) foreign nations; as such, Congress may not require the State Department to indicate in passports that Jerusalem is part of Israel.

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2018 Russian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Russia on 18 March 2018.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countering_America's_Adversaries_Through_Sanctions_Act

Also known as CAATSA, Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017.

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