{"id":443991,"date":"2017-06-15T20:34:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T20:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=443991"},"modified":"2017-06-15T20:34:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T20:34:31","slug":"us-senate-adopts-expanded-sanctions-bill-trump-ask-russia-withdraw-troops-eastern-europe-moldova-receive-anti-propaganda-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/us-senate-adopts-expanded-sanctions-bill-trump-ask-russia-withdraw-troops-eastern-europe-moldova-receive-anti-propaganda-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"US Senate adopts expanded sanctions bill: Trump to ask Russia to withdraw troops from Eastern Europe, Moldova to receive anti-propaganda funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>On June 14th, the US Senate approved by a vote of 98-2 an expansion to the sanctions bill against Russia, together with a sanctions bill against Iran, as response to Kremlin&#8217;s interference in the US Presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crec\/2017\/06\/13\/CREC-2017-06-13-pt1-PgS3428.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill<\/a> sponsored by Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, lead Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stipulates the following goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provides for a mandated congressional review if sanctions are relaxed, suspended or terminated;<\/li>\n<li>Codifies and strengthen existing sanctions contained in executive orders on Russia, including the sanctions\u2019 impact on certain Russian energy projects and on debt financing in key economic sectors;<\/li>\n<li>Imposes new sanctions on: corrupt Russian actors; those seeking to evade sanctions; those involved in serious human rights abuses; those supplying weapons to the Assad regime; those conducting malicious cyber activity on behalf of the Russian government;\u00a0those involved in corrupt privatization of state-owned assets; and those doing business with the Russian intelligence and defense sectors;<\/li>\n<li>Allows broad new sanctions on key sectors of Russia\u2019s economy, including mining, metals, shipping and railways;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strengthens U.S. efforts to counter Russian disinformation and propaganda across Central and Eastern Europe through the Countering Russian Influence Fund, implemented in coordination with the Global Engagement Center;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Requires a study on the flow of illicit finance involving Russia and a formal assessment of U.S. economic exposure to Russian state-owned entities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The bill contains even more specific demands from President Donald J.Trump concerning the withdrawal of Russian troops from Eastern Europe:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;(2) the President should call on the Government of the Russian Federation\u2014<\/em><br \/>\n<em>(A) to withdraw all of its forces from the territories of Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>(B) to return control of the borders of those territories to their respective governments;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(C) to cease all efforts to undermine the<\/em><br \/>\n<em>popularly elected governments of those<\/em><br \/>\n<em>countries;&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>reads SEC. 252 of the entire bill.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the US Senate authorizes the appropriation of 250 million USD for the Countering Russian Influence Fund in 2018 aimed at strengthening NATO members, EU countries, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia,\u00a0<strong>Moldova<\/strong>, Kosovo, Serbia and Ukraine against Russian propaganda, cyber attacks on electoral mechanisms, but also to improve the battle against corruption, the rule of law and to build the civil society capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Some 100 million US dollars would be disbursed until the end of 2017.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/press\/ranking\/release\/senators-announce-agreement-on-russia-sanctions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The bill is a response<\/a> to Russia&#8217;s violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and Crimea, interference in the elections, as well as its continuing aggression in Syria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>On June 14th, the US Senate approved by a vote of 98-2 an expansion to the sanctions bill against Russia, together with a sanctions bill against Iran, as response to Kremlin&#8217;s interference in the US Presidential elections. The bill sponsored by Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, lead Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stipulates the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":442588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-en","category-politics","category-world-news"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>On June 14th, the US Senate approved by a vote of 98-2 an expansion to the sanctions bill against Russia, together with a sanctions bill against Iran, as response to Kremlin&#8217;s interference in the US Presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crec\/2017\/06\/13\/CREC-2017-06-13-pt1-PgS3428.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill<\/a> sponsored by Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, lead Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stipulates the following goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provides for a mandated congressional review if sanctions are relaxed, suspended or terminated;<\/li>\n<li>Codifies and strengthen existing sanctions contained in executive orders on Russia, including the sanctions\u2019 impact on certain Russian energy projects and on debt financing in key economic sectors;<\/li>\n<li>Imposes new sanctions on: corrupt Russian actors; those seeking to evade sanctions; those involved in serious human rights abuses; those supplying weapons to the Assad regime; those conducting malicious cyber activity on behalf of the Russian government;\u00a0those involved in corrupt privatization of state-owned assets; and those doing business with the Russian intelligence and defense sectors;<\/li>\n<li>Allows broad new sanctions on key sectors of Russia\u2019s economy, including mining, metals, shipping and railways;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strengthens U.S. efforts to counter Russian disinformation and propaganda across Central and Eastern Europe through the Countering Russian Influence Fund, implemented in coordination with the Global Engagement Center;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Requires a study on the flow of illicit finance involving Russia and a formal assessment of U.S. economic exposure to Russian state-owned entities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The bill contains even more specific demands from President Donald J.Trump concerning the withdrawal of Russian troops from Eastern Europe:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;(2) the President should call on the Government of the Russian Federation\u2014<\/em><br \/>\n<em>(A) to withdraw all of its forces from the territories of Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>(B) to return control of the borders of those territories to their respective governments;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(C) to cease all efforts to undermine the<\/em><br \/>\n<em>popularly elected governments of those<\/em><br \/>\n<em>countries;&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>reads SEC. 252 of the entire bill.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the US Senate authorizes the appropriation of 250 million USD for the Countering Russian Influence Fund in 2018 aimed at strengthening NATO members, EU countries, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia,\u00a0<strong>Moldova<\/strong>, Kosovo, Serbia and Ukraine against Russian propaganda, cyber attacks on electoral mechanisms, but also to improve the battle against corruption, the rule of law and to build the civil society capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Some 100 million US dollars would be disbursed until the end of 2017.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/press\/ranking\/release\/senators-announce-agreement-on-russia-sanctions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The bill is a response<\/a> to 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