The United States has abandoned sanctions on Russia's sovereign debt. The country's defense budget is presented without corresponding restrictions, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the text of the bill.
In addition, the document did not include sanctions against the Russian gas pipeline “Nord Stream-2”. At the same time, he assumes that $ 4 billion will be spent on the initiative for military containment of Russia.
On December 6, it became known that the United States had prepared a new sanctions package against Russia, including disconnecting from SWIFT. It is planned to apply it in the event of a military invasion of Ukraine by Moscow. The authors of the document assess it as “damn aggressive”. In addition, it contains a ban on the use of American banks and payment systems for large Russian businessmen and representatives of the close circle of President Vladimir Putin.
