The conservative faction of republican congressmen is in favor of a thorough change in the policy of the US sanctions against Russia, aimed at the task of “the Kremlin's war, and at the same time to provide President Donald Donald Trump's flexibility in the implementation of his program” Peace through strength “.
This initiative is headed by the Republican Studies Commission (RSC), the main conservative faction. In the last letter to the chairman of the Chamber of Representatives Mike Johnson and the leader of the Senate Most of Senate John Thune, the Chairman of the Task National Safety Group RSC Zachdn and chairman of RSC August Pfluger stated that Russia is a “direct and growing threat” to US national security.
They claim that the aggression of Vladimir Putin destabilizes world markets and emboldes America's opponents.
On Wednesday, Pfluger praised Trump's diplomatic successes, stating that he “proved his unmatched ability to mediate in a peaceful process and ensure stability in war -covered corners of the world.”
He called the Congress to “support the president in his actions to ensure peace and maintain America's strength abroad”, insisting that all future sanctions against Russia “would be developed in such a way as to give the president the tools needed to weaken the Russian war machine with elasticity, which he deserves to maximize his advantage.”
Nunn repeated these opinions, stating: “President Trump has just imposed a time of time on Putin. Now this Congress must provide the tools needed to hit the Russian war machine if [Władimir Putin] will refuse to talk“.
The chairman of the National Security Task Group also stated that the proposed sanctions would provide the president with a “real advantage in protecting the US interests, the support of our allies and forcing Russia to end aggression.”
“Dead economies” of India and Russia
By adding a new element to the administration pressure campaign, Trump published a severe warning directed to both India and Russia on Thursday morning.
In the post he declared: “I don't care what India is doing with Russia. They can ruin their dead economy together, I don't care“
“Remember that although India is our friend, for years we have conducted relatively few interests with them, because their customs are too high, one of the highest in the world, and they also have the most burdensome and unpleasant trade barriers among all countries.”
He then added: “In addition, India has always bought most of their military equipment from Russia and are the largest recipient of Russian energy, next to China, while everyone wants Russia to stop killing in Ukraine – all this is not good!”
Trump also directed a direct warning to the former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, stating: “Similarly, Russia and the United States hardly do not conduct business with each other. Let it stay so and say Medvedev, inept to the former president of Russia, who is still considered the president to consider him to consider.
Earlier, Medvedev reportedly described Trump's approach as a “ultimatum game”, warning that it could lead to war.
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Radical change of strategy
In the RSC letter, signed by Pfluger, Nunno and other RSC members, They propose a radical departure from current sanctions aimed at specific behaviors for a much more comprehensive system covering the entire economy.
This assumes the granting of wide rights to Trump to apply future sanctions as a strategic negotiating tool, completely freezing of all the Russian government's assets and transactions in the United States (modeled on the means applied to “rebellious regimes”) and imposing secondary sanctions on Chinese and North Korean entities supporting Russian warfare.
In addition, the proposals relate to the Russian “shadow fleet” of tankers, the introduction of a mechanism of gradual reduction of oil price limit to zero and sanctions against foreign people and entities helping Russia in plundering in Ukraine or supporting its financial systems, as well as entities involved in “Action in the gray zone” against the United States and allied countries.
RSC also demands the recognition of what he calls the “failure of Obama and Biden's administration” in stopping Russian aggression, arguing that Ukraine suffered the greatest territorial losses during their rule.
The RSC initiative is in line with its declared commitment to create a “strong, conservative foreign policy agenda that puts America first and promotes our long -term national security.”
RSC states that the Congress “must rise to the challenge, introducing a system of sanctions that will be consistent with this vision”, arguing that “arsenal of targeted, destructive and comprehensive sanctions against the Russian regime will give the president a significant advantage” if “is” properly composed “.
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