The US State Department says the sanctions are working against Moscow
International sanctions against Moscow in the Ukraine conflict are driving the Russian economy “On the edge of the abyss”, said Jim O’Brien, head of the State Department’s sanctions office, at a hearing before the US Congress tonight. These measures “make [en effet] impossible for Russia to take care of its people and at the same time pay for its wars”he specified.
These sanctions also have a more direct impact on the war: Russia can no longer procure “critical items” it needs for this war, he added.
The diplomat was responding to concerns expressed by several elected members of the Senate’s powerful Foreign Affairs Committee about the deterrent effect of these sanctions in the war Russia is waging against Ukraine. Indeed, Republican Senator Chairman Jim Risch has pointed this out “Obvious flaws in the sanctions regime” against Moscow.
Mr. O’Brien, however, affirmed it “Other packages of measures” were planned and that the United States was working “Other Penalties”. “We must turn our attention to energy”and a cap on Russian oil prices, argued Elizabeth Rosenberg, the US Treasury Department’s director of economic sanctions. “We have every opportunity to make progress together in implementing this policy”she assured.
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