Rubio: "Politico's report on lifting sanctions against Russia is a lie"
![]() 297 Thursday, 24 April, 2025, 09:51 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has denied a report by Politico that the White House is considering lifting energy sanctions against Russia as part of a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Ukraine. Rubio wrote about this in a post on X: "This is unequivocally false. Neither Steve Witkoff nor I have had any conversations about lifting sanctions against Russia as part of a deal with Ukraine. This is journalistic malpractice. If Politico According to Politico, the president's staff discussed the issue of lifting sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and other Russian projects in Europe, the main proponent of which is US Special Representative Steve Witkoff. The media outlet wrote that Witkoff instructed his subordinates to compile a list of all US sanctions against Russia in the energy sector. |
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