US House of Representatives may introduce new sanctions against Russia next week
A bill, introducing new anti-Russian sanctions, may be adopted by the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress next week, TASS news agency reports, citing a source in Congress.
"I expect that we will adopt a bill with sanctions against Russia next week. Wait for the news," the source said.
This draft bill proposes increasing pressure on Iran and includes an amendment on the significant strengthening and expansion of the sanctions against Russia.
In mid-July, it was passed by the Senate, but at the moment, as Bloomberg reported earlier, the discussion of the bill is at an impasse due to procedural problems caused by the Democrats.
The bill, in particular, provides for enforcement at the legislative level of sanctions imposed in previous years by the executive orders of U.S. President Barack Obama in connection with the situation in the southeast of Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimea by Russia.
The proposed amendment will also address the restrictions imposed by Obama at the end of 2016 against Russian citizens suspected by Washington of cyber-attacks against American political institutions.
If the bill is passed by the House of Representatives and signed by the President, these sanctions could only be abolished by passing another bill.