Rubio acknowledged the exhaustion of US sanctions levers against Russia

The United States has almost exhausted the potential to impose additional restrictions on Russia. This was announced on November 12 by Secretary of State Marco Rubio following a meeting of the foreign ministers of the G7 countries in the Canadian province of Ontario.

"There are not many [opportunities] left for us to impose sanctions. <...> We are running out of targets for which sanctions could be imposed," Rubio said, answering questions from reporters.

According to the head of American diplomacy, Washington has already applied restrictions against Russia's largest oil companies.

"I don't know what else needs to be done," he added.

Rubio noted that now more active measures against the so-called "shadow fleet" should be expected from European countries.

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The Europeans can copy the measures of the Americans, but more and more countries are opposed to harming national interests.

Earlier in the day, it was reported that the United States had granted Hungary a one-year reprieve from sanctions related to the purchase of Russian oil and gas. As Rubio explained, a sharp rejection of energy resources from Russia could be excessively painful for the Hungarian economy.

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