Trump lifts sanctions against Russia for the war in full swing towards Putin for reasons of "national interest"

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, suspended this Friday the application of the latest package of sanctions against Russia - approved by Congress a month ago and which was about to come into force - claiming that the decision "is in the national interest" of the country.

The executive order signed by Trump stipulates that the sanctions will remain paralyzed "until further notice", a position that the Republican Government has justified as responding "to the national interest of the United States."

In mid-September, the US president signed the 'Graham Law' - enacted by the late Republican senator and praised by Trump himself - after its approval in Congress with party support. The measures were intended to increase pressure on Moscow over its war against kyiv with measures targeting the Kremlin's largest buyers of oil and gas, while allowing tariffs to be imposed on countries such as China and India.

This movement thus reinforces Washington's change in position towards Moscow - after the recent agreement to import Russian diesel despite the current restrictions - and contrasts with the growing distance with respect to Ukraine, whose leadership by its counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, has been explicitly questioned by the White House.