{"id":345186,"date":"2026-05-20T18:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/has-starmer-betrayed-ukraine-by-relaxing-russian-oil-sanctions\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T18:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:00:07","slug":"has-starmer-betrayed-ukraine-by-relaxing-russian-oil-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/has-starmer-betrayed-ukraine-by-relaxing-russian-oil-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Starmer \u2018BETRAYED\u2019 Ukraine by relaxing Russian oil sanctions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/A7zJKdSDVes\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Has Starmer \u2018BETRAYED\u2019 Ukraine by relaxing Russian oil sanctions?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A7zJKdSDVes\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>How bad is the economic hit from the Iran war going to be? If the talk around price caps on essential food items, and lifting sanctions on Russian oil and gas are anything to go by, then it could be very bad indeed.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>The government says any price freeze will be voluntary after supermarket bosses called the idea \u2018preposterous\u2019 and \u2018nonsense.\u2019 But plans to continue to allow diesel and jet fuel to be imported into the UK from Russian oil refined in other countries will go ahead. The Conservatives call this a \u2018betrayal of Ukraine.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>On this episode of the Fourcast, Jackie Long is joined by Channel 4 News&#8217; Economics Reporter Neil Macdonald, the economist Vicky Pryce and Tom Keatinge, the founding director at the Centre for Finance and Security at the think tank RUSI. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How bad is the economic hit from the Iran war going to be? If the talk around price caps on essential food items, and lifting sanctions on Russian oil and gas are anything to go by, then it could be very bad indeed. 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