Senate Democrats Ask Why Administration Hasn’t Resumed Russia Sanctions Updates

Tell Hurd: Vote yes on Russia sanctions

The U.S. Senate just passed S. 5025, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act, by a vote of 86-11. It now heads to the U.S. House, and it needs to pass once congressional representatives return from recess. Here’s why it matters. Russia’s economy runs on oil and gas – 20% of its GDP, 40% of its exports. To keep that money flowing to the war machine, the Kremlin relies on state banks, a shadow fleet of tankers and a global network of enablers…

Senate Democrats Ask Why Administration Hasn’t Resumed Russia Sanctions Updates

Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged the Trump administration Aug. 12 to explain why it hasn't resumed regular Russia sanctions updates to counter...