The US Congress promised to prevent Trump from lifting anti-Russian sanctions

The US Congress will take "strong action" if President-elect Donald Trump tries to lift sanctions on Russia. This was stated in an interview with ABC by a member of the House of Representatives from the Democratic Party, Adam Schiff.

"Democrats and Republicans like [Sen. John] McCain and others will work together to support tougher sanctions," the politician added. According to him, the measures taken by the Obama administration are not enough to contain Russia.

Schiff, who sits on the intelligence committee, said that neither the committee nor the US intelligence community questioned that the Russian authorities staged a hacking attack on the United States. By questioning these claims, Donald Trump undermines his own authority, the politician believes.

• On December 29, the United States imposed sanctions on Russia in response to interference in the presidential election by “Russian hackers.” The FSB, the GRU, the Ministry of Defense and several citizens of the Russian Federation fell under the sanctions. In addition, 35 Russian diplomats were expelled from the country.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there would be no retaliatory expulsion of Americans from Russia. Putin added that he regrets the decision of US President Barack Obama to end "his work in this way." Russia will build further relations with the administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
• Trump, who has repeatedly said he does not consider Russia involved in campaign hacking, denounced the imposition of sanctions and spoke approvingly of Russia's reaction.