The US Senate offered to tighten sanctions against Russia

The chairmen of the US banking committee of the US Senate announced the preparation of the bill to tighten sanctions against Russia due to its alleged interference in the American elections, as well as the impact on the situation in Syria and Ukraine, Bloomberg reports.

The authors of the bill were the chairman of the Senate bank committee Mike Grapo (from Aidaho) and the senior democrat in the Committee Sherrod Brown (from Ohio). Senators have prepared a document providing for the introduction of additional sanctions against such sectors of the Russian economy as mining, metallurgy and railway transport. The document "is designed to strengthen and structure the" anti -Russian sanctions regime, the report said.

The banking committee clarified that we are talking about "a two -part agreement on the legislation designed to tighten and expand the sanctions imposed on Russia." This is the result of the hearings during which the senators analyzed "the effectiveness of the sanctions imposed by the United States against Russia three years ago" in connection with the reunification of Crimea with the Russian Federation. As TASS notes, the meeting also discussed the “prospects of introducing new sanctions” in connection with the situation in Ukraine, in Syria and “cyber diversion against the United States”, the organization of which Washington ascribes to Russia.

The senators called Russia "a hostile, rebellious power that uses the armed forces, resources of cybernetic information espionage and economic levers to harm the United States, and make a split between them and their allies."

The plan of the Senate Committee is designed to strengthen the position of those in the Senate who seeks to interfere with the administrations of the President Donald Trump to establish relations with Russia, Bloomberg notes.

The day before, the assistant to the President of Russia Yuri Ushakov expressed the hope that Washington will adjust the decision on sanctions involving blocking Russian assets and property.

On May 28, a member of the US Democratic Party David Chicchilina introduced a bill to the Congress, offering a ban on the entry into the United States of foreign citizens infringing on the rights of LGBT. Among the countries where the rights are infringed, in particular, Russia and Kyrgyzstan were called. On May 26, adviser to US President, US President, allowed the possibility of tightening sanctions against Russia.

On May 16, the US Department of Foreign Assets has imposed additional sanctions against five individuals, including relatives of Syria President Bashar al-Assad, as well as five companies that provide financial support to the Syrian regime and the Syrian research center.

During the summit in Italy, last week the G7 country agreed to strengthen sanctions against Russia.

After negotiations between Secretary of State Tillerson, the US State Department, the US Secretary of State with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, said that the sanctions would remain "until Russia stops the actions that led to this."

In January, a bill was submitted to the Senate, designed to strengthen sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation. Among its authors were Republican John McCain and Democrat Ben Cardin. They proposed legislatively fixing a number of existing anti -Russian sanctions. In addition, it was proposed to introduce a number of restrictions on investment in the development of projects in the field of civil nuclear energy implemented by Russia. " The bill provided for the introduction of a mandatory ban on issuing American visas and the arrest of assets of those who "undermine the cybersecurity of state, private infrastructure or democratic institutions in the United States.