The United States Congress Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. File photoWASHINGTON, June 3.A group of nine members of the US Senate on Friday called on US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to expand the restrictions imposed in connection with the events in Ukraine against Russia by including more Russian citizens on the sanctions lists based on the lists compiled by the FBK * (an extremist organization-foreign agent banned in the Russian Federation) .According to the text of the appeal, published on Twitter by the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner, Congressmen point to the need to «increase pressure on representatives of the Russian leadership, including those who support the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine.»
The EU published the details of a new package of sanctions against RussiaThe appeal calls for additional restrictions on supporters of the Russian special operation «representatives of the military circles, propagandists, corrupt officials, public figures, so that they could not use the assets, the opportunity to relax or get an education in the West.» The senators urged the head of the US Treasury to take into account «a list of more than 6,000 Russians compiled by the Anti-Corruption Foundation.» «The purpose of such sanctions should be to restrict these individuals' access to accounts or the ability to travel to the United States; as well as induce them to leave their posts … and pressure them to publicly condemn (special operation in Ukraine — ed.)», — follows from the document. In conclusion, the congressmen assured the head of the US Treasury of their readiness «to provide the required assistance in the process of introducing these targeted sanctions.» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. * An extremist organization-foreign agent banned in Russia
