Summary
- Senate
Foreign Relations Committee unanimously passed three bills. - Bills
target Russia as state sponsor of terrorism. - Legislation
proposes seizing Russian assets to aid Ukraine.
This first bill
“would declare Russia a state sponsor
of terrorism because of their kidnapping of Ukrainian children,”
Shaheen
stated.
“We’re very excited that in the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee this morning, we passed out the first three bills that
address Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine,”
Democratic Sen. Jeanne
Shaheen told reporters alongside Republican Sen. Thom Tillis and NATO
Secretary-General Mark Rutte.
The second option “would allow us to move forward,
using their repossessed assets from Russia to support Ukraine in this
war.”
She noted that the third bill aims to stop China’s support
for the war.
“All of those bills passed unanimously out of committee
have strong bipartisan support, and we look forward to getting them to the
floor soon,”
said Shaheen.
If and when the sanctions are submitted in the Senate, they
will almost certainly pass the chamber quickly. There are presently 85
co-sponsors out of the 100 members.
Prior to Rutte’s meeting with US President Donald Trump, the
group met.
Plans for a second summit between Trump and Russian
President Vladimir Putin were halted Tuesday, according to a White House
official, following a “productive” discussion between Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
After speaking with Putin over the phone on October 16,
Trump declared that he’ll meet with the Russian chairman in Hungary in
two weeks.
According to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, the
Russian and American chairpersons decided to conduct the peak in
Budapest.
What specific measures target China and their penalties?
The specific measures targeting China in the Senate bills
include assessing profitable penalties and warrants related to
China’s support for Russia’s military conduct in Ukraine. These penalties
are designed to press China to curtain back Russia.
Visa denials and travel restrictions for
individualities and realities involved in conditioning that jeopardize
China’s public interests or support Russia militarily. Addition of
foreign companies, individualities, and institutions on countermeasures
or unreliable reality lists confining their operations.
Profitable warrants including asset freezes, trade
restrictions, and import controls particularly on binary- use technologies and
sensitive goods. Penalties under China’s own laws for crimes involving
spying, conspiracy with foreign realities, or conditioning
supposedly dangerous to public security, which China uses to avenge
or apply its interests.
