{"id":325941,"date":"2026-03-13T21:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/germanys-merz-criticizes-us-for-easing-russian-oil-sanctions-%e2%94%82dw-shorts\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T21:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:00:33","slug":"germanys-merz-criticizes-us-for-easing-russian-oil-sanctions-%e2%94%82dw-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/germanys-merz-criticizes-us-for-easing-russian-oil-sanctions-%e2%94%82dw-shorts\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany&#8217;s Merz criticizes US for easing Russian oil sanctions \u2502DW Shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/oTZ_JY_nUNI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Germany's Merz criticizes US for easing Russian oil sanctions \u2502DW Shorts\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oTZ_JY_nUNI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the US move to temporarily ease some of its sanctions on Russian oil shipments &quot;wrong.&quot; He and other European allies say that this is sending the wrong signal.<\/p>\n<p>#dwnews #dwshorts #germany #germanpolitics #russiaukrainewar #russianoil #usrussia #trumpputin #middleeastconflict #iranwar <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the US move to temporarily ease some of its sanctions on Russian oil shipments &quot;wrong.&quot; He and other European allies say that this is sending the wrong signal. #dwnews #dwshorts #germany #germanpolitics #russiaukrainewar #russianoil #usrussia #trumpputin #middleeastconflict #iranwar For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/ Follow DW on social media: \u25baInstagram: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":325942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[130468,144605,130181],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-325941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-chancellor","tag-friedrich","tag-german"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Germany&#039;s Merz criticizes US for easing Russian oil sanctions \u2502DW Shorts | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Germany&#039;s Merz criticizes US for easing Russian oil sanctions \u2502DW Shorts for free, here on News ISC. 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