A sign on the building of the US House of Representatives in Washington. File photoWASHINGTON, Jul 29The Politico newspaper, citing a copy of the document at its disposal, reports that a group of members of the US House of Representatives intends to introduce a bill recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism in the near future. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov previously stated that the Kremlin is extremely negatively assess the consequences for relations with Washington if the US Congress recognizes the Russian Federation as a «sponsor of terrorism». As Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, Moscow considers statements from Washington on recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism as a «propaganda move», the Russian Federation will not leave such measures unanswered. The authors of the bill are a bipartisan group of congressmen, including Ted Lie (Democrat from California), Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina), Jared Golden (D-Maine), Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois), and Tom Malinowski (D-New Jersey). According to the document, if adopted, the Russian Federation will be officially «recognized as a country whose government has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism.» «The United States must use all the tools we have to stop Russia's violent aggression in Ukraine,» Congressman Lieu commented on this initiative. He accused Russia of allegedly waging a proxy war against civilians «all over the world, from Syria to Ukraine.» On Wednesday, the US Senate passed a resolution calling on the State Department to recognize the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism because of the events in Chechnya, Georgia , Syria and Ukraine. Earlier, official Kiev also appealed to Washington with a call to add Russia to this list. Commenting on this resolution, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said earlier that Washington is checking the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine for compliance with the criteria of a «state sponsor of terrorism.» At the same time, the United States believes that Moscow «already bears all the costs» associated with this status. Blinken acknowledged that the inclusion of the Russian Federation in this list will not change much for it in practical terms. terrorism»
