The US Senate is close to approving sanctions against Russia

According to IRNA from Reuters; Senators Bob Menendez and Sen. James Risch, chairman and senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have expressed hope that the bill will be approved in the coming days, ending Russia’s most important banks and National Development Fund, as well as increasing US military assistance to Ukraine. Is targeted.

Menendez added: “There is a strong bipartisan will to support Ukraine and punish Russia in the event of an attack on Ukraine, which I believe we will achieve in the coming days.” Some of the sanctions may even be implemented before the Russian invasion, due to Moscow’s previous actions, including cyber-attacks on Ukraine and measures to weaken the Ukrainian government from within.

But senators from the two major US parties in the Senate still disagree on some issues, particularly the imposition of sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline.

US-Western relations with Russia have been strained since 2014 following the annexation of the Crimean peninsula; The West has repeatedly sanctioned Russia under the pretext of Russian interference in Ukraine’s internal affairs; But Moscow denies the West’s claim.

The western parts of Russia are of great importance to the Russians due to their proximity to Ukraine and proximity to NATO member states, which are the focus of tensions between Russia and the West, and special attention is paid to the combat readiness of military forces stationed in these areas.

Experts believe that the White House, with the help of European allies, is seeking to strike at Russia and has used the issue of Ukraine as an excuse. In recent months, NATO’s relations with Russia have been strained by Western claims of Russian military alignment along Ukraine’s borders.

The United States and NATO, which have always sought hegemony, have been stationed in countries around Russia for years, and recently, with provocative rhetoric, while Moscow officials have made it clear that they have no plans to invade Ukraine. They have increased their presence as well as sending their war-making tools to the area.