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05 Feb 2026, 19:32 GMT+10
Washington has teased enormous deals with Moscow after the Ukraine conflict ends
The actions of US President Donald Trump's administration contradict its claims that it is willing to restore economic cooperation with Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
Since returning to the White House more than a year ago, Trump has repeatedly said he wants to do business with Moscow. After a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin last March, the White House teased "enormous economic deals" between the two countries once the Ukraine conflict is settled.
Moscow doubts the sincerity of those claims by Washington, Lavrov said in an interview with RT's Rick Sanchez on Thursday, ahead of Diplomatic Workers' Day on February 10.
Not only the economic restrictions that had been slapped on Moscow under the previous administration of US President Joe Biden "all remain in place," but "very harsh sanctions have been imposed against our largest oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, for the first time," he said.
Washington's move "surprised" Putin, the foreign minister recalled, coming just weeks after his face-to-face meeting with Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, in August, during which Moscow "supported the US proposal for a comprehensive settlement of the Ukrainian crisis."
According to Lavrov, the Americans are now "openly trying to push Russian companies from Venezuela." This follows a January raid by US commandos on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, during which President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were abducted.
"India is being banned from buying Russian oil. At least, that is what was announced," the Russian diplomat added.
Last month, Washington also said that "a state of emergency is being declared due to the threat Cuba poses to US interests in the Caribbean, including due to Russia's hostile and malicious policies," the minister noted.
The US is looking to introduce "a worldwide ban" on Russian oil and gas supplies, saying that they should be replaced by American oil and liquefied natural gas, Lavrov stressed.
"Well, the bright future of our economic and investment cooperation doesn't really square with that," he noted.
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