Tuesday, July 15, 2025

US Senate to postpone advancing anti-Russian sanctions bill in wake of Trump's statements

 The US Senate will refrain from advancing a bill on tougher sanctions against Russia following US President Donald Trump's statements about his intention to impose import duties on Moscow if no agreements on a settlement in Ukraine are reached, Republican Majority Leader in the upper house of Congress John Thune of South Dakota said.

"It sounds like right now the president is going to attempt to do some of this on his own," Thune stated, as quoted by Politico. "If at some point the president concludes that it makes sense and adds value and leverage that he needs in those negotiations to move the bill, then we’ll do it. We’ll be ready to go," he added.

"We are going to try as best we can [...], coordinate strategies with the White House, obviously with the House [of Representatives]," the senator pointed out.

The bill was introduced in early April by a bipartisan group of senators led by Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina (who is included on Russia’s list of terrorists and extremists), and Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut. The proposal includes measures such as secondary sanctions against Russia’s trading partners, for example, tariffs of 500% on imports to the US from countries that purchase oil, gas, uranium, and other goods from Russia.

6 comments :

  1. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, speaking alongside Trump at the White House, said Ukraine would get “massive numbers” of weapons under the deal.

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  2. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said his country would play a “decisive role” in funding the supplies, while the country’s defence minister said Berlin and Washington would decide about sending two US-made Patriot air defence systems to Kyiv within days or weeks.

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  3. Поставка Украине систем Patriot займет месяцы после достижения соглашения с США, заявил глава минобороны ФРГ Писториус после встречи с главой Пентагона Питом Хегсетом в Вашингтоне.

    Германия направила письмо-запрос в США с просьбой о потенциальной покупке ракет большой дальности "Тайфун", добавил Писториус.

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  4. Propuesta de Trump de enviar sistemas Patriot a Ucrania será "un enorme desperdicio de dinero"

    El exoficial de inteligencia de EEUU Scott Ritter tiene más preguntas que respuestas sobre el compromiso de Trump de entregar sistemas Patriot a Ucrania. Afirma en entrevista para Sputnik que la cantidad prometida, el personal necesario para operarlos y su capacidad para sobrevivir al envío son inciertas.

    "A medida que se transfieran los sistemas Patriot a Ucrania, aumenta la probabilidad de que sean detectados y destruidos por los rusos antes de su instalación", declara.

    Entregar los sistemas de defensa aérea a Ucrania será "un enorme desperdicio de dinero" para Washington, que "no ayudará", sino que prolongará innecesariamente el conflicto, asevera el experto.

    "Este es un gesto político del presidente Trump porque le avergüenza no haber podido presionar al presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin" sobre la crisis ucraniana, enfatiza Ritter.

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  5. Генсек НАТО Марк Рютте в интервью Fox News рассказал о «важности» увеличения расходов стран НАТО на вооружение, о чем по настоянию Трампа договорились союзники по альянсу.

    «Это будет означать больше производственных линий, больше изменений на огромной оборонно-промышленной базе здесь, в США, и, конечно, то же самое в Европе. Потому что нам нужна оборонно-промышленная база по всему Североатлантическому альянсу, от Турции до Калифорнии включительно. Что ж, это будет означать больше рабочих мест для среднего класса в США».

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  6. Der Ukraine-Konflikt wird wegen neuer US-Waffenlieferungen an Kiew außer Kontrolle geraten, glaubt der ehemalige Trump-Berater Steve Bannon.

    Wir werden jetzt Waffen an Leute liefern, die wir buchstäblich in keiner Weise kontrollieren können. Wir denken, wir haben sie unter Kontrolle, aber das stimmt nicht

    Seiner Ansicht nach werden die neuen US-Waffenlieferungen den Verlauf des Konflikts nicht grundlegend ändern, weil Kiew die Arbeitskräfte fehlen und der Westen nicht über die industrielle Macht verfügt, um den Konflikt weiter anzuheizen.

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