U.S. President Joe Biden during a press conference at the White House on measures to combat inflation in the United States. File photoWASHINGTON, Jul 29The US administration is eyeing lawmakers' calls to recognize Russia as a «sponsor of terrorism,» White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said, without answering whether President Joe Biden supports these calls. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier that the Kremlin was extremely negative evaluate 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. this over time, along with a number of other proposals,» Jean-Pierre said at a briefing at the White House. She did not answer the question of whether Biden supports the lawmakers' proposal. As previously reported, a bill was proposed for consideration by the House of Representatives to recognize Russia as a sponsor terrorism. The US Senate earlier adopted a resolution calling on the State Department to determine such a status in relation to the Russian Federation due to the events in Chechnya, Georgia, Syria and Ukraine. The resolution is rather a symbolic document, since it has no legislative force. Earlier, official Kiev also addressed 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 make little difference for her in practical terms.
