So far, the text of the draft has not been officially published.
Republican Congressman Jim Banks has presented a new draft of sanctions against Russia because of its aggression against Ukraine.
This is discussed on the website of the US Congress.
“(The bill – ed.) on the imposition of sanctions against the Russian Federation and for other purposes,” the Congress website says.
It is noted that the draft was submitted on January 19. Another 38 congressmen supported Banks’ initiative. The text of the draft has not been officially published yet. The document was submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, as well as to the Committees on Justice and Financial Services.
According to the American newspaper The Washington Post, citing its own sources, the list includes officials, security forces and Kremlin propagandists.
Financial restrictions may be imposed against:
Officials and security forces: The speaker of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Sergei Kiriyenko, head of the CEC Ella Pamfilova, head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, head of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Rosgvardiya Viktor Zolotov and Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika.
Businessmen: Roman Abramovich, Alisher Usmanov, Oleg Deripaska, Igor Sechin, Alexey Miller, Andrey Kostin, Gennady Timchenko, Dmitry Rybolovlev, Mikhail Fridman, Peter Gutseriev, Alexander Vinokurov and others.
Russian propagandists: Margarita Simonyan, Vladimir Solovyov and Konstantin Ernst.
The sanctions package includes:
Also, according to the publication, in the event of the introduction of this law, the US president must provide congressional committees with a report on the status and sources of income of Putin and his family members.
Recall that during a briefing on January 20, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that the United States had developed a package of “very painful” sanctions against Russia, which are capable of inflicting a “devastating economic blow” on the aggressor.
