By Peter Landers
TOKYO--Japan has said it has won authorization from the U.S. to continue importing Russian crude oil at a price above the $60-a-barrel cap observed by other U.S. allies.
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The sanctions regime of the past several decades is collapsing. There are too many markets outside of the empire’s control to effectively enforce all sanctions and vassals within the empire are too uppity to force them to comply anymore.
The sanctions regime of the past several decades is collapsing. There are too many markets outside of the empire’s control to effectively enforce all sanctions and vassals within the empire are too uppity to force them to comply anymore.