The Senate building. File photoWASHINGTON, Sep 15 US Senators Richard Blumenthal of the Democratic Party and Lindsey Graham of the Republican have introduced a new bill in Congress to include Russia on the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, bypassing the position of the State Department, Politico reported. «Senators Richard Blumenthal and Lindsey Graham have introduced new legislation that would allow them to bypass the State Department and make an announcement (on the list of state sponsors of terrorism) unilaterally,» the publication says. According to the publication, the authors of the bill do not yet have wide support for his initiative in Congress. Blumenthal himself said that he did not agree with the position of the White House, which is against recognizing Russia as a sponsor of terrorism. «We are aware that the administration (of the US President) takes a different position on this matter. With respect to it, I am against it,» he told reporters. to make such a decision, and a corresponding bill was submitted to the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, as the Politico newspaper wrote earlier, the US State Department warned congressmen about the problems that could result in granting Russia such a status. US President Joe Biden in early September negatively answered the question of whether he considers it necessary to include Russia in the list of countries sponsoring terrorism . The White House then announced that the administration had made a final decision not to give Russia the said status. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova had previously warned that if Washington took such a step, relations between the two countries could be forgotten.
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