Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid SlutskyMOSCOW, Feb 10Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky, commenting on the «deadlock» in the Senate's decision-making on new sanctions against Russia, noted that American politicians could spend their energy not on restrictions, but on establishing a dialogue with the Russian Federation. The author of the «mother of all sanctions» is against The head of the U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Bob Menendez, said earlier on Thursday that the bill had reached a dead end.The British Parliament tightened the sanctions regime against Russia»The forces spent on the development of the bill could be used with much greater benefit. For example, to unfreeze the inter-parliamentary dialogue and discuss Russian proposals for security guarantees,» Slutsky wrote in his Telegram channel and noted, that senators and congressmen prefer to live in their «pseudo-reality.» Earlier, a group of Democrats led by Menendez introduced a bill that would impose sanctions on the leadership of the Russian Federation in the event of an escalation in Ukraine. Sanctions may also affect the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. An identical bill was also previously submitted to the House of Representatives of Congress. On Wednesday it became known that the US Congress did not have enough time to consider a bill on sanctions against the Russian Federation in the event of an escalation of tension around Ukraine before going on vacation, which will end on February 28. Kiev and Western states Recently, they have expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and does not intend to attack anyone, and claims of «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders.
Russia sees no point in responding to US ideas about sanctions, the Foreign Ministry said
