Donald Trump
The US President Donald trump said that never thought to lift sanctions against Russia. This, according to Politico, he told reporters on Board his ship on the way to Paris.
“Right now we have very serious sanctions against Russia. I didn’t want and didn’t even think about how to remove them. Someone said that Donald trump wants to do it, but I don’t want to take them off,” said he.
The White house also confirmed that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed under consideration in Congress, the laws on sanctions last week at the G20 summit in Germany. According to him, the easing of sanctions remains open, but under the condition that the us administration can “get something” from the Russian leadership.
“I never would have canceled the sanctions have not made something that we like in Syria and Ukraine”, — said the President. “I made great deals. That’s what I’m doing. Why do I have to lift the sanctions without getting anything in return?” — added trump.
On 26 may, the White house spokesman said that trump is not going to withdraw Russian sanctions and does not exclude the possibility of tightening.
The US and several countries after the annexation of Crimea to Russia and the beginning of military clashes in the East of Ukraine in 2014 has imposed financial sanctions against Russia, limiting investments in the Russian economy, a number of companies, the transfer of technology. Moscow in the answer has banned the import of certain products from countries that joined the sanctions.