Key Takeaways
- Europe is preparing a new package of sanctions against Russia, which it would like to coordinate with possible US measures in the event of a ‘failure’ of the settlement in Ukraine.
- US Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has gained the support of 72 of his counterparts for a bill that seeks to impose new sanctions on Russia.
- The senators proposed imposing a 500% tariff on imports from countries that buy Russian energy, including petroleum, oil, and uranium.
Moscow: Europe is preparing a new package of sanctions against Russia, which it would like to coordinate with possible US measures in the event of a “failure” of the settlement in Ukraine, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said.
Bloomberg reported Thursday that US Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia) has gained the support of 72 of his counterparts for a bill that seeks to impose new sanctions on Russia. The senators proposed imposing a 500% tariff on imports from countries that buy Russian energy, including petroleum, oil, and uranium, according to the report.
“We Europeans will accompany this American initiative with a 17th package of sanctions and I committed yesterday to Lindsey Graham that we would try to coordinate both the substance and the timing of these two packages of sanctions,” Barrot said in an interview with AFP Thursday.
