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The two countries both produce heavy oil, which is difficult to refine, and have relied historically on American refineries to buy it.

Mr. Pollack has also represented Julian Assange and an official of Enron.

The exchange offer was recounted at the time in congressional testimony by Fiona Hill, who ran Russian and European affairs on the National Security Council during the first Trump administration.

His simple statement in federal court was aimed directly at contradictions in the Trump administration's actions in the Caribbean.

In 2019, an official said, Moscow offered to swap U.S. control of Venezuela for Russian free rein in Ukraine

The deputy French U.N. ambassador said it chipped "away at the very foundation of international order."

It's only been days since the U.S. raid, but it already feels like the world is living in a new reality. China and Russia are watching.

Most of the reserves in the country are extra-heavy oil that's tough to extract and generates more greenhouse gases.

Ukraine's president appointed Chrystia Freeland, a former deputy prime minister of Canada, to a role in which she would advise on postwar reconstruction, if peace talks are successful.

A far-left group took responsibility, saying it was targeting the energy industry. Officials predicted it would take until Thursday to re-establish power in all areas.