All news

US Senate committee authorizes sanctions against Russia

The bill condemns Russia’s “unjustified military intervention” in Crimea and approves $1 billion assistance in loan guarantees to the new Kiev authorities
Democratic Senator from New Jersey and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert Menendez (L) and Republican Senator from Tennessee Bob Corker (R) prepare to vote to sanction Russia EPA/JIM LO SCALZO
Democratic Senator from New Jersey and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert Menendez (L) and Republican Senator from Tennessee Bob Corker (R) prepare to vote to sanction Russia
© EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

WASHINGTON, March 13. /ITAR-TASS/. The US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee has passed a bill authorizing sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian officials deemed by Washington to be guilty of corruption and responsible for violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty, including visa bans and the freezing of their US accounts.