The project proposed by US senators assumes, ; Ministry of Defense, chief of staff and & nbsp; for & nbsp; at least three Russian financial organizations, including Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank.
As previously reported, the initiative was put forward by the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Robert Menendez (Democrat from & nbsp; State of New Jersey).
“ Senator Menendez in & nbsp; chapter 25 of his fellow Democrats presented the & ldquo; Act on & nbsp; Protection of the Sovereignty of Ukraine & rdquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said in a & nbsp; message on the & nbsp; website of the committee.
According to the message, the proposal “sends a clear signal” that the United States is ready to achieve “devastating consequences” for the Russian economy in the event of an escalation of the situation around Ukraine.
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With this, Kiev and & nbsp; Western states in & nbsp; have recently expressed concern about & nbsp; connection with & nbsp; allegedly increasing “ aggressive actions ''; from the & nbsp; side of Russia at & nbsp; the borders of Ukraine. The press secretary of the President of the & nbsp; RF Dmitry Peskov stated that & nbsp; Russia is moving troops within & nbsp; the limits of its territory and & nbsp; at & nbsp; its discretion. According to & nbsp; it does not threaten anyone and & nbsp; should not bother anyone.