Whitaker said "crushing" sanctions against Russia await approval
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A bill for "crushing" US sanctions against RUSSIA is in Congress and awaiting the green light, US Permanent Representative to NATO Matthew Whitaker said in an interview.BLOOMBERG .
He added that US President Donald Trump supported the bill , proposing to include measures against Iran.
According to Whitaker, Trump's efforts to secure peace in Ukraine have stalled, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected territorial concessions and offers to meet with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "We will continue to seek opportunities for negotiations," the permanent representative noted.
Earlier, Senator Lindsey Graham, the author of the "crushing" sanctions bill, stated that the bill would advance in Congress with Trump's "blessing." He believes the sanctions bill will give the American president more opportunities to end the conflict in Ukraine on dignified and final terms.
In response to threats of new restrictions , Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Russia "has been living under a huge number of sanctions for quite a long time" and has developed a "certain immunity."
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