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Jan. 11th, 2017 12:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
otkaznik1 WASHINGTON—Leading U.S. senators from both parties proposed new sanctions against Russia that would markedly increase Moscow’s economic isolation and could limit President-elect Donald Trump’s ability to improve ties with the Kremlin.
Tuesday’s proposed legislation would set in stone many of the sanctions the Obama administration levied against Russia after revelations of election-related cyberhacking, and significantly broaden the restrictions against companies seeking to invest in Russia’s energy sector and the state-run corporations that dominate the country’s economy.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/senators-propose-new-sanctions-on-russia-1484082480
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Date: 2017-01-11 11:11 pm (UTC)Q: Do you think President Obama went too far with the sanctions he put on Russia after the hacking?
TRUMP: I don't say he went too far. No.
Q: Will you roll them back? What do you think of Lindsey Graham's plan to send you a bill for...
TRUMP: Plans to send me a bill for what?
Q: Tougher sanctions.
TRUMP: I hadn't heard Lindsey Graham was going to do that. Lindsey Graham. I've been competing with him for a long time. He is going to crack that one percent barrier one day. I didn't realize Lindsey Graham still had it. That's all right. I think Lindsey Graham is a nice guy actually. I've heard that he is a nice guy and I've been hearing it.
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Date: 2017-01-11 11:46 pm (UTC)