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The head of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Policy Benjamin Cardin and a group of senators from both parties prepared a bill to expand sanctions against Russia. It is reported by The Washington Post.
The bill provides for the introduction of sanctions against anyone who supports cyber attacks against public and private infrastructures of the United States, and also takes part in the operations of Russian Ministry of Defense and intelligence. Senators also insist on assisting Europe in maintaining counter -propaganda and promoting democracy.
In addition, sanctions against Russia for violations of human rights in Syria and east of Ukraine are provided. In addition, senators propose to introduce restrictions on investment in Russian energy projects.
Among the initiators of the bill are five Republicans - John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Sansa Marco Rubio, Ben Sass and Rob Portman.
However, as noted by the publication, not all Republicans support the tightening of measures against Russia. Some senators intend to leave the chosen President Donald Trump more opportunities for choosing the direction of development of US foreign policy.
On Tuesday, members of the US Congress from the Democratic Party called for the creation of an independent commission to investigate Kiberata on the part of Russia on the model of a commission investigating the attacks on September 11, 2001. According to the authors of the initiative, an “act in defense of our democracy” should be accepted, creating a two -party independent commission, consisting of 12 people, which should not be in the congress. The purpose of the commission is to study the attempts of Moscow or other structures to influence the elections.
On December 29, the US Department of Finance announced the introduction of new sanctions against Russia in connection with cyber attacks on the US electoral system. The corresponding decree was signed by President Barack Obama.
On January 6, an unexpected version of the report prepared by the CIA, the FBI and the NSA was posted on the website of the apparatus of the US National Intelligence. It states that Russia's interference in the course of the presidential campaign in the United States was undertaken by the personal instructions of Vladimir Putin. Obama and Donald Trump were familiar with the full version of the report.
The intelligence of Russian interference called the undermining of public confidence in the American presidential election, discrediting a candidate from the Democratic Party Hillary Clinton and the support of her opponent Trump. “We are firmly confident in these conclusions,” the report emphasizes.
Russia, the report says, sought to undermine the liberal-democratic order, the support of which in the world is the United States, since the promotion of democracy Putin and its environment is perceived as a threat to its regime.