The US Senate called on the White House to explain the absence of new sanctions against Russia

US Senators from the Democratic Party Christopher Coons and Elizabeth Warren demanded that the administration of US President Donald Trump explain the absence of new sanctions against Russia. This was reported on August 12 by the Reuters news agency with reference to a letter from lawmakers to the White House.

The senators appealed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to explain why the authorities suspended the introduction of restrictions against companies providing assistance to the Russian Federation for 17 months.

The letter also cites the words of Bessent, who stated that the White House intends to wait for the results of negotiations on Ukraine before resuming a number of sanctions. Koons and Warren recalled that Washington had previously imposed restrictions on Iran and Cuba, despite the negotiations that took place at that time.

In addition, the senators referred to Rubio's statement about the lack of results in the negotiations between Moscow and Kiev. In their opinion, the United States should resume the regular imposition of sanctions to increase pressure on Russia. "Газета.Ru ".

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On August 10, a group from the US House of Representatives from both parties introduced a bill on the introduction of new sanctions against Russia. It was expected that the bill would be considered in an expedited manner, which does not provide for amendments and requires the support of at least two-thirds of the members of the House of Representatives. On August 7, the U.S. Senate approved a bill to tighten U.S. sanctions against Russia and Iran.

In July, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia had been able to adapt to tens of thousands of sanctions and had learned how to circumvent them. He clarified that all the restrictions imposed on the Russian side are illegal.