The Washington Capitol BuildingMOSCOW, Jan 20 will be adopted, it looks like a crazy idea of the opposition party, says political scientist, associate professor of philosophy at Moscow State University Boris Mezhuev. Republican Jim Banks presented a new draft of sanctions against Russia, follows from the information on the website of the US Congress. It is noted that the project was submitted on January 19. Another 38 congressmen supported Banks' initiative. The text of the project has not been officially published yet.The State Duma promised a mirror response to the adoption of new US sanctions. At the same time, the Washington Post newspaper writes that the project is called the «Act on Holding Putin Accountable», it personally mentions Russian President Vladimir Putin, all members of the Russian Cabinet of Ministers, as well as businessmen Dmitry Rybolovlev, Mikhail Fridman , Petr Aven, Mikhail Gutseriev and Alexander Vinokurov, Olympic champion and head of the National Media Group Alina Kabaeva, head of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, FSB director Alexander Bortnikov, head of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin and other. In addition, the draft implies a ban on transactions with the state debt of the Russian Federation, provides for the recognition of Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. According to the media, the project also involves stopping spending on a dialogue on strategic stability while Crimea is Russian, and taking action against Nord Stream 2, including organizations associated with it and their shareholders. As Mezhuev explained, if we take a fantastic story, such a bill If it is now adopted preventively, that is, before the alleged possible start of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, which is being talked about in the West, and so on, then, of course, this will immediately lead to a severance of diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow. «Which, of course, will plunge humanity into a situation, let's say, unpredictable. Because the break in diplomatic relations, of course, the next step is war. And a war between two nuclear powers is clear what it can mean,» the RIA Novosti expert said.
America asked the main Russian questions. At the same time, the political scientist believes that the draft sanctions will not be adopted and is an opportunity for the Democrats to win the upcoming midterm elections in the United States. The main electoral opportunity for the Democrats to win the midterms lies in the appearance of such a bill, because for all the hypocrisy of the Democrats, despite the fact that they falsely scolded Trump, at the moment the conjuncture of events is developing in such a way that, despite all this, they look in general like a party of relative calm, relative peace against the backdrop of Republicans who put forward such bills,» the expert said. to the brink of nuclear war.
The former NATO Secretary General spoke about Putin's «frightening» joke about the alliance «Therefore, I think that this, of course, will not be accepted, but maybe it will be promoted, it can be presented as an example of the inadequacy of the Republican Party. On the other hand, if there is an aggravation situation, here, of course, you can expect a lot, some sanctions will certainly be adopted. Perhaps the most unpleasant. But now at the moment it looks like such a crazy idea of the opposition party, which is designed to shake the air, «he said. once rejected the accusations of the West and Ukraine of «aggressive actions», stating that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that Western statements about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it are both ridiculous and dangerous. At the same time, Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» sides of Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not bother anyone.
