“Ancient ally of US President Donald Trump, Senator-Republican Lindsey Graham, declared his intention to impose new sanctions against Russia before the start of the Great Seven summit, which will take place on June 15-17 in Canada.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Bloomberg
Details: In a joint statement with Democrat, Richard Blumental, he stressed that sanctions should be imposed by mid -June to send a clear signal of China and other countries that help the Kremlin bypass international restrictions.
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“We hope to impose sanctions in coordination with Europe to the G7 Summit to send China’s unambiguous signal,” Senators said after talks in Paris with French officials.
They noted that their bill on sanctions against Russia, which envisages the introduction of a 500 percent duty on imports from the countries that buy Russian energy, have already supported 82 senators.
“Russia kills men, women and children without parsing. It is time for the world to act resolutely against Russia’s aggression, holding China and others responsible for buying cheap Russian oil that supports Putin’s military car. If you want this war to end, make China help it to stop it,” he wrote.
Literally: “It is still unclear whether Trump is ready to stop the fire between Russia and Ukraine, to support more stringent measures against Moscow. But in recent days, Trump has been increasingly disappointing by President Vladimir Putin.”
Details: Senators also spent a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron.
“We have assured Macron President and his team that we believe that Putin is playing peace, but in fact he is preparing for a military offensive at the end of summer or early autumn,” Graham said.
Prehistory:
- The Republican Senator Linde Graham expects that the upper house of Congress will start considering new large-scale sanctions against Russia this week due to the lack of progress in the armistice in Ukraine.
- With regard to the Lower House of Congress, the consent of which will also be required to approve new sanctions, Graham stated that there are “members of the House of Representatives who are ready to act and you will see the actions of the Congress.”
- Senators regularly publish threats to hit the Russian Federation with sanctions that have been called “devastating”, but has not yet reached the realization.