Russia / World
On January 1, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar, Lindsey Graham, and John McCain called for new sanctions on Russia – even in the aftermath of President Barack Obama’s expulsion of 35 ‘diplomats’ – only metres from the border with Georgia’s de facto Russian-occupied breakaway region of South Ossetia. On January 10, ten bipartisan Senators proposed legislation to formalize the latest sanctions. Nevertheless, the Trump administration may seek to loosen economic measures, particularly sanctions on fracking and deep-sea drilling, particularly …read more
Source: Intersection