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    White House says Trump will sign Russia sanctions

    July 28, 2017, 10:18 PM

    White House says Trump will sign Russia sanctions

    President Donald Trump signs a decision memo and a letter to members of Congress outlining the principles of his plan to privatize the nation's air traffic control system in the East Room at the White House, Monday, June 5, 2017, in Washington.

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    The White House said late Friday that President Trump will sign legislation that strengthens sanctions against Russia and will allow Congress to block him from easing the penalties.

    In a statement, the White House said Mr. Trump had "read early drafts of the bill and negotiated regarding critical elements of it." Having read the latest version, the White House said Mr. Trump intends to sign it.


    The bill also imposes sanctions against Iran and North Korea.

    The Senate passed the bill, 98-2, two days after the House pushed the measure through by an overwhelming margin, 419-3. Both were veto-proof numbers.But the White House had objected to a key section of the bill that would mandate a congressional review if Trump attempted to ease or end the sanctions against Moscow.

    The bill had somewhat put Mr. Trump in a corner, since the congressional review had been put in the bill due to a weariness from both sides of the aisle about Mr. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.


    The legislation is aimed at punishing Moscow for interfering in the 2016 presidential election and for its military aggression in Ukraine and Syria, where the Kremlin has backed President Bashar Assad. It also imposes financial sanctions against Iran and North Korea.


    Before Trump's decision to sign the bill into law, Sen. John McCain, (R-Ariz.), said the bill's passage was long overdue, a jab at Mr. Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress. McCain, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, has called Putin a murderer and a thug.


    "Over the last eight months what price has Russia paid for attacking our elections?" McCain asked. "Very little."


    Earlier Friday, Russia's foreign ministry said it would require the number of U.S. diplomats in Russia to be reduced by September 1. The statement also said that if the United States further reduced the number of Russian diplomatic staff currently allowed in the U.S., Russia would mirror that action.

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    An op-ed from Russia news RT...
    ‘New anti-Russia sanctions is economic suicide for America’ – Max Keiser


    Max Keiser, the host of RT's ‘Keiser Report,’ is a former stockbroker, the inventor of virtual specialist technology and co-founder of the Hollywood Stock Exchange.

    Published time: 27 Jul, 2017 14:45 Edited time: 27 Jul, 2017 17:29


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    Additional sanctions on Russia may make the American economy suffer greatly, says Max Keiser, host of RT's 'Keiser Report.' Germany is not going to go along with the sanctions; they are just pushing Germany into the arms of Russia, he adds.

    The EU has voiced alarm over the latest anti-Russia sanctions bill, passed by the US House of Representatives on Tuesday. The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker warned the new measures could harm energy security on the continent.

    The trade restrictions against Russia were included in a bill, which also counters so-called aggression from Iran and North Korea.

    If President Donald Trump approves the US sanctions, they will punish companies with ties to Russia's energy sector.

    For example, they would disrupt the major Nord Stream-2 pipeline project. The list of companies that could be hit by the sanctions includes some of the biggest players in the energy sector. Among them, Anglo-Dutch Shell, France's ENGIE, the UK's BP, and Germany's Wintershall.

    Max Keiser, compared this US sanctions policy to Brexit.
    “These types of sanctions in position is economic suicide for America. They are pushing Germany into the arms of Russia. Germany is the center piece of NATO, and NATO will disintegrate... ,” he said.

    “This is stupid. It’s is the policy of morons. Why? Because the deep state in America wants to keep feathering their nests by warring all over the world, killing innocent civilians. Donald Trump hopefully will stand up to this, veto this ridiculous initiative and we can talk about something a little bit more constructive. This is the last gasp of the neocons in America. Hopefully they will be squashed; otherwise, I really feel that the American economy will suffer greatly.”

    In Keiser’s view, America cannot impose sanctions on other countries outside the framework of the UN.

    “The post-WWII order of the US dollar hegemony run out Washington DC, the so-called Washington consensus – is disintegrating, it is falling apart. The US doesn’t seem to want to take on reality – they want to live in the past, and they want to believe they are the policeman of the world, and they are going to impose sanctions,” he said.

    “Germany is not going to go along with American sanctions quite obviously. They are just pushing Germany into the arms of Russia. Then you’ve got an enormous axis of power to Germany, Russia, and China, and they are going to get out of the US dollar. So then gasoline in America suddenly goes to $10, 11, 12 a gallon. How is that going to help the American economy if the US dollar loses its position as a reserve currency?”

    https://www.rt.com/op-edge/397718-sa...ussia-us-bill/
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    RT (formerly Russia Today) is a Russian international television network funded by the Russian government. ... RT is a brand of "TV-Novosti", an "autonomous non-profit organization", founded by the Russian news agency, RIA Novosti, on 6 April 2005.

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