The Russian economy, mainly insulated from Western markets by sanctions, has escaped immediate damage from sweeping U.S. tariffs but the Kremlin said on Friday it needs to take extra measures to minimise the impact of resulting market turbulence.

A new bipartisan bill in U.S. could slap heavy costs on Vladimir Putin's war machine and hand Donald Trump extra leverage for the peace negotiations.

President Trump's sweeping new set of tariffs impact friends and foe alike, but also on the list are uninhabited islands while glaring omissions include Russia and Iran.

One country that did not feature on Donald Trump's list of tariffs on US trade partners was Russia.US outlet Axios quoted White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt as saying this was because existing US sanctions on Russia "preclude any meaningful trade" and noting that Cuba,

While U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs on allies and foes including Europe, India, Japan and China, some of the world's most heavily sanctioned countries - Russia, Belarus, Cuba and North Korea - avoided being singled out for special punitive treatment.

The U.S. may soon levy 10% tariffs on an Antarctic island largely populated by penguins, though “seals are also prominent.”

Billions of rubles have been wiped off the Russian stock market following Donald Trump's historic decision to impose tariffs on almost all of the USA's trading partners. Although Russia was spared from the tariff list,

In response to the United States imposing a 26 per cent reciprocal tariff on India, Roman Babushkin, Minister of Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Russia in India, emphasised Russias confidence in its relations with India and said that despite deliberate attempts to disrupt relations,