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The latest efforts in the U.S. legislature to impose greater sanctions on Russia, initiated by Senator Lindsay Graham, were halted due to president Donald Trump's opposition, reported Bloomberg on the weekend.
‘Measuring bones’ government that would impose 500 % of the work on countries purchasing Russian energy, uranium and another natural materials has over 80 co-sponsors in the Senate, as Bloomberg described as "veto-resistant support".However, legislators inactive hesitate to question the President's decision, claims the agency.Earlier this week, Trump said he didn't even look at the bill and consider sanctions only ‘in due time’.
His position ‘restricted’ efforts to accelerate the work on this measurement already this month, according to Bloomberg.
Graham said earlier that he plans to do so before the G7 summit scheduled for June 15-17, Canada, but these efforts are now ‘stopped’, Bloomberg reports.On Thursday, the Republican Senator wrote on X that “he worked closely with the White home on this venture from the first day”, adding that the bill is only intended to supply Trump "more tools for Russia".Co-sponsor of the bill for Democrats, Richard Blumenthal, told Bloomberg that he and Garaham were inactive working on making the bill be "more acceptable” For the White House.Thursday Trump told reporters he had ‘final deadline’ In ‘brain’ and will decide erstwhile to act if it becomes clear that a peace agreement will not be reached between Moscow and Kiev.
He besides stated that he was willing to impose sanctions on both Russia and Ukraine.The president said the legislature law on sanctions would be ‘directed by me’but suggested that it would be better to let Russia and Ukraine proceed the fight "for a time’, before ‘separate them.’
Trump besides expressed concern about fresh Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian long-range bombers capable of carrying atomic weapons, saying they increased the hazard of escalation, giving Moscow a reason to retaliate.Moscow accused Kiev of escalation of attacks to undermine US-supported peace talks.
Russia besides claims Trump receives ‘filtered’ conflict information from those who force Washington to support Ukraine.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/618810-russia-sanctions-bill-hold-trump/
