Rubio: The United States Has Informed Russia Is Likely to Impose New Sanctions: EADaily

The White House spoke about the possibility of introducing additional sanctions against Russia.

Rubio: The United States has informed Russia is likely to impose new sanctions: EADaily

EADaily, May 18th, 2025. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with CBS that he had informed Russia is likely to impose new sanctions against the background of growing support for the relevant bill by US Senator Lindsey Graham* (included in the list of terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation) in the US Congress.

If there is no progress in the stalled Russian-Ukrainian peace process, the US Congress may decide to impose severe sanctions against Russia, according to the Secretary of State. ... ...

Senators propose to impose a 500% tariff on imports into the United States of goods from countries that continue to buy Russian energy carriers

The US government has asked US congressmen for some time before imposing sanctions against Russia

The Russians warned for six to seven weeks that if there was no progress, there would be about 80 sponsors of the sanctions bill in the Senate.