内容摘要：The UN has refused to co-operate with the system, saying it is unethical and workable.

The UN has refused to co-operate with the system, saying it is unethical and workable.

Campaigners and experts argue that Western governments have the tools and means available to stem the flow of oil and gas revenue into the Kremlin's coffers.According to former Russian deputy energy minister Vladimir Milov, who is now a diehard opponent of Vladimir Putin, sanctions imposed on trade in Russian hydrocarbons should be better enforced - particularly the oil price cap adopted by the G7 group of nations, which Mr Milov says "

He is fearful, though, that the US government shake-up launched by President Donald Trump will hamper agencies such as the US Treasury or the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which are key for sanctions enforcement.Another avenue is continued pressure on Russia's "" of tankers involved in dodging the sanctions.

"That is a complex surgery operation. You need to periodically release batches of new sanctioned vessels, shell companies, traders, insurers etc. every several weeks," Mr Milov says. According to him, this is an area where Western governments have been much more effective, particularly withby Joe Biden's outgoing administration in January 2025.

Mai says that banning Russian LNG exports to Europe and closing the refining loophole in Western jurisdictions would be "important steps in finishing the decoupling of the West from Russian hydrocarbons".

According to Mr Raghunandan from CREA, it would be relatively easy for the EU to give up Russian LNG imports.Before news broke of the latest attempt at cuts, Harvard University president Alan Garber told NPR on Tuesday morning: "Why cut off research funding?

"Sure, it hurts Harvard, but it hurts the country because after all, the research funding is not a gift."The research funding is given to universities and other research institutions to carry out work – research work – that the federal government designates as high-priority work.

"It is work that they want done. They are paying to have that work conducted."One department hit by funding cuts is the Sinclair Lab at Harvard Medical School, which studies aging and seeks to find interventions for Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, cancer, infertility, immune disorders, and more.